Spanish Civil Code
E40531
The Spanish Civil Code is the principal body of private law in Spain, codifying rules on persons, family, property, and obligations in a systematic, 19th-century European civil law tradition.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Spanish Civil Code canonical | 8 |
| Código Civil | 1 |
| Spanish Civil Code (Philippine application) | 1 |
| Spanish Civil Code of 1889 | 1 |
| Spanish Civil Code of 1889 (as in force in the Philippines) | 1 |
| Spanish civil law | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T312503 — 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: Spanish Civil Code Context triple: [Napoleonic Code, influenced, Spanish Civil Code]
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A.
Italian Civil Code
The Italian Civil Code is the fundamental body of private law in Italy, governing areas such as contracts, property, family, and obligations within the Italian legal system.
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B.
Spanish Constitution
The Spanish Constitution is the supreme legal framework of Spain, establishing the country's democratic system, separation of powers, and fundamental rights and freedoms.
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C.
Belgian Civil Code
The Belgian Civil Code is the foundational body of private law in Belgium, governing matters such as contracts, property, and family relations, and originally modeled on early 19th-century continental civil law traditions.
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D.
Napoleonic Code
The Napoleonic Code is a landmark 1804 French civil law code that modernized and standardized legal principles such as equality before the law, property rights, and secular authority, profoundly influencing legal systems worldwide.
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E.
German Civil Code
The German Civil Code is Germany’s comprehensive codification of private law, governing areas such as contracts, property, family, and obligations.
- 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: Spanish Civil Code Target entity description: The Spanish Civil Code is the principal body of private law in Spain, codifying rules on persons, family, property, and obligations in a systematic, 19th-century European civil law tradition.
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A.
Italian Civil Code
The Italian Civil Code is the fundamental body of private law in Italy, governing areas such as contracts, property, family, and obligations within the Italian legal system.
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B.
Spanish Constitution
The Spanish Constitution is the supreme legal framework of Spain, establishing the country's democratic system, separation of powers, and fundamental rights and freedoms.
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C.
Belgian Civil Code
The Belgian Civil Code is the foundational body of private law in Belgium, governing matters such as contracts, property, and family relations, and originally modeled on early 19th-century continental civil law traditions.
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D.
Napoleonic Code
The Napoleonic Code is a landmark 1804 French civil law code that modernized and standardized legal principles such as equality before the law, property rights, and secular authority, profoundly influencing legal systems worldwide.
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E.
German Civil Code
The German Civil Code is Germany’s comprehensive codification of private law, governing areas such as contracts, property, family, and obligations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil code
ⓘ
legal code ⓘ source of private law ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
civil relationships
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legal persons ⓘ natural persons ⓘ |
| contains |
general provisions on persons
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rules on civil liability ⓘ rules on easements ⓘ rules on filiation ⓘ rules on inheritance ⓘ rules on marriage ⓘ rules on mortgages ⓘ rules on obligations and contracts ⓘ rules on ownership ⓘ rules on parental authority ⓘ rules on possession ⓘ rules on property rights ⓘ rules on usufruct ⓘ |
| country | Spain ⓘ |
| field | private law ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
articles
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books ⓘ chapters ⓘ titles ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
French Civil Code
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linked to:
Napoleonic Code
Napoleonic Code ⓘ |
| isBasisFor |
Spanish case law in civil matters
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Spanish private law doctrine ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Spain ⓘ |
| language | Spanish ⓘ |
| legalStatus | in force ⓘ |
| legalSystem | civil law ⓘ |
| regulates |
contracts
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family law matters ⓘ non-contractual obligations ⓘ obligations ⓘ persons ⓘ property ⓘ succession ⓘ |
| scope | general private law ⓘ |
| shortName |
Código Civil
ⓘ
linked to:
Spanish Civil Code
|
| tradition | 19th-century European civil law tradition ⓘ |
| typeOfLaw | codified statute ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Spanish courts
ⓘ
Spanish lawyers ⓘ notaries in Spain ⓘ registrars in Spain ⓘ |
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: Spanish Civil Code Description of subject: The Spanish Civil Code is the principal body of private law in Spain, codifying rules on persons, family, property, and obligations in a systematic, 19th-century European civil law tradition.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Spanish Civil Code
linked to: Spanish Civil Code
linked to: Spanish Civil Code
linked to: Spanish Civil Code
linked to: Spanish Civil Code