ACT Supreme Court
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The ACT Supreme Court is the highest court in the Australian Capital Territory, handling serious criminal and civil cases as well as appeals from lower courts in the territory.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ACT Supreme Court canonical | 1 |
| ACT Supreme Court Trial Division | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1397789 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ACT Supreme Court Context triple: [Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory, hasAbbreviation, ACT Supreme Court]
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A.
The Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the United Kingdom, serving as the final arbiter on points of law in civil cases across the UK and criminal cases from England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
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B.
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is the highest judicial authority in Puerto Rico, serving as the final arbiter of legal disputes and interpreter of the territory’s constitution and laws.
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C.
Marshall Court
Marshall Court is a prominent residential and architectural complex within Jesus College, Cambridge, known for housing students in modern collegiate accommodation.
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D.
Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest federal court in the U.S. judiciary, serving as the final arbiter of constitutional and federal law.
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E.
Supreme Court Cases
Supreme Court Cases is a leading Indian law reporter series that publishes authoritative judgments and decisions of the Supreme Court of India.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ACT Supreme Court Target entity description: The ACT Supreme Court is the highest court in the Australian Capital Territory, handling serious criminal and civil cases as well as appeals from lower courts in the territory.
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A.
The Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the United Kingdom, serving as the final arbiter on points of law in civil cases across the UK and criminal cases from England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
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B.
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is the highest judicial authority in Puerto Rico, serving as the final arbiter of legal disputes and interpreter of the territory’s constitution and laws.
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C.
Marshall Court
Marshall Court is a prominent residential and architectural complex within Jesus College, Cambridge, known for housing students in modern collegiate accommodation.
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D.
Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest federal court in the U.S. judiciary, serving as the final arbiter of constitutional and federal law.
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E.
Supreme Court Cases
Supreme Court Cases is a leading Indian law reporter series that publishes authoritative judgments and decisions of the Supreme Court of India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
court
ⓘ
superior court of record ⓘ |
| appealsTo | High Court of Australia ⓘ |
| buildingType | courthouse ⓘ |
| canIssue |
declarations
ⓘ
injunctions ⓘ |
| canReview | decisions of ACT tribunals ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 (Cth) ⓘ |
| governingLegislation |
Court Procedures Act 2004 (ACT)
ⓘ
Supreme Court Act 1933 (ACT) ⓘ |
| governsAreaOfLaw |
administrative law
ⓘ
civil law ⓘ criminal law ⓘ |
| handles |
serious civil cases
ⓘ
serious criminal cases ⓘ |
| hasChiefJustice | Lucy McCallum ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
Court of Appeal
ⓘ
linked to:
court of appeal
trial division ⓘ |
| hasJudge |
Justice Belinda Baker
ⓘ
Justice Chrissa Loukas-Karlsson ⓘ Justice David Mossop ⓘ Justice Michael Elkaim ⓘ Justice Stephen Norrish ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.courts.act.gov.au/supreme ⓘ |
| hasPresidentOfCourtOfAppeal | Chief Justice of the ACT Supreme Court ⓘ |
| hasRegistry | ACT Supreme Court Registry ⓘ |
| hasSeal | Coat of Arms of the Australian Capital Territory ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfCases |
appeals in civil matters
ⓘ
appeals in criminal matters ⓘ judicial review applications ⓘ |
| hears |
appeals from lower courts in the Australian Capital Territory
ⓘ
appeals from the Magistrates Court of the Australian Capital Territory ⓘ |
| hearsCases |
civil trials without jury
ⓘ
jury trials for indictable offences ⓘ |
| isHighestCourtOf | Australian Capital Territory ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Australian Capital Territory ⓘ |
| legalSystem | common law ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
ACT Law Courts building
ⓘ
Civic, Canberra ⓘ |
| location | Canberra ⓘ |
| oversees | rule-making for ACT courts ⓘ |
| partOf |
ACT Courts and Tribunal system
ⓘ
linked to:
courts of Australia
|
| servesPopulation | residents of the Australian Capital Territory ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: ACT Supreme Court Description of subject: The ACT Supreme Court is the highest court in the Australian Capital Territory, handling serious criminal and civil cases as well as appeals from lower courts in the territory.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Trial Division of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory
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alsoKnownAs
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ACT Supreme Court Trial Division
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subject linked to:
trial division
linked to: ACT Supreme Court