Public Law
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Public Law is a type of federal statute in the United States that has been enacted by Congress and signed into law, typically affecting the public at large rather than specific individuals or entities.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Public Law canonical | 8 |
| Public Law of the United States | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2003157 — 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: Public Law Context triple: [Public Law 107-306, legalCitationType, Public Law]
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A.
French public law
French public law is the branch of France’s legal system that governs the organization, powers, and functioning of the state and its public authorities, as well as their relationships with individuals.
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B.
Public Law 600 of the United States
Public Law 600 of the United States is a 1950 federal statute that authorized Puerto Rico to draft its own constitution and establish a degree of self-government under a commonwealth status.
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C.
Law
Law is the system of rules and principles recognized by a community or government as regulating the actions of its members and enforceable by legal institutions.
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D.
Law and Justice
Law and Justice is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Poland that has been one of the country’s dominant governing forces in the 21st century.
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E.
Public Law 85-726
Public Law 85-726 is the 1958 U.S. federal statute commonly known as the Federal Aviation Act, which reorganized civil aviation regulation and created the Federal Aviation Agency (later the FAA).
- 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: Public Law Target entity description: Public Law is a type of federal statute in the United States that has been enacted by Congress and signed into law, typically affecting the public at large rather than specific individuals or entities.
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A.
French public law
French public law is the branch of France’s legal system that governs the organization, powers, and functioning of the state and its public authorities, as well as their relationships with individuals.
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B.
Public Law 600 of the United States
Public Law 600 of the United States is a 1950 federal statute that authorized Puerto Rico to draft its own constitution and establish a degree of self-government under a commonwealth status.
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C.
Law
Law is the system of rules and principles recognized by a community or government as regulating the actions of its members and enforceable by legal institutions.
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D.
Law and Justice
Law and Justice is a right-wing populist and national-conservative political party in Poland that has been one of the country’s dominant governing forces in the 21st century.
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E.
Public Law 85-726
Public Law 85-726 is the 1958 U.S. federal statute commonly known as the Federal Aviation Act, which reorganized civil aviation regulation and created the Federal Aviation Agency (later the FAA).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
area of law
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branch of law ⓘ legal category ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
general public
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government entities ⓘ public at large ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | private law ⓘ |
| enforcedBy |
administrative agencies
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courts ⓘ public authorities ⓘ |
| governs |
limitations on government power
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powers of government ⓘ relationship between individuals and the state ⓘ structure of government ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
concerns public interest
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generally non‑contractual ⓘ often mandatory in nature ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction |
United States federal government
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linked to:
United States government
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| hasSubdivision |
federal public law
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state public law ⓘ |
| includes |
administrative law
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constitutional law ⓘ criminal law ⓘ municipal law ⓘ tax law ⓘ |
| isEnactedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| isSignedBy | President of the United States ⓘ |
| legalSystem | United States law ⓘ |
| objective |
allocation of governmental powers
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protection of fundamental rights ⓘ protection of public order ⓘ |
| regulates |
criminal offenses against the state
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exercise of governmental authority ⓘ public administration procedures ⓘ taxation of individuals and entities ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
human rights law
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judicial review ⓘ public policy ⓘ rule of law ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ |
| scope |
matters affecting society as a whole
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matters involving public administration ⓘ matters involving public policy ⓘ |
| source |
administrative regulations
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constitutions ⓘ federal statutes ⓘ judicial decisions ⓘ state statutes ⓘ |
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: Public Law Description of subject: Public Law is a type of federal statute in the United States that has been enacted by Congress and signed into law, typically affecting the public at large rather than specific individuals or entities.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
An Act to reform the internal revenue laws of the United States
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hasLegalCitationType
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Public Law of the United States
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linked to: Public Law