Rule 41
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provision of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
provision on costs of a previously dismissed action
provision on dismissal by court order
provision on dismissal of counterclaims
provision on dismissal without a court order
rule on involuntary dismissal
rule on voluntary dismissal
Rule 41 is a provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that governs the voluntary and involuntary dismissal of civil actions in federal court.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rule 41 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T700929 — 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: Rule 41 Context triple: [United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, containsPart, Rule 41]
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A.
Rule 37
Rule 37 is a provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that governs sanctions and remedies for failures to make disclosures or cooperate in discovery during civil litigation.
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B.
Rule 11
Rule 11 is a key provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that governs the signing of pleadings and motions, requiring attorneys and parties to certify that their filings are legally and factually grounded and not submitted for improper purposes, with sanctions available for violations.
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C.
Rule of Four
The Rule of Four refers to the system of government established by the Roman emperor Diocletian in which the empire was jointly ruled by two senior emperors (Augusti) and two junior emperors (Caesares).
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D.
Rule 72
Rule 72 is a provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that governs how parties may object to and seek review of decisions made by magistrate judges in civil cases.
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E.
Stored Communications Act
The Stored Communications Act is a U.S. federal law that governs government and third-party access to stored electronic communications and associated data held by service providers.
- 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: Rule 41 Target entity description: Rule 41 is a provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that governs the voluntary and involuntary dismissal of civil actions in federal court.
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A.
Rule 37
Rule 37 is a provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that governs sanctions and remedies for failures to make disclosures or cooperate in discovery during civil litigation.
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B.
Rule 11
Rule 11 is a key provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that governs the signing of pleadings and motions, requiring attorneys and parties to certify that their filings are legally and factually grounded and not submitted for improper purposes, with sanctions available for violations.
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C.
Rule of Four
The Rule of Four refers to the system of government established by the Roman emperor Diocletian in which the empire was jointly ruled by two senior emperors (Augusti) and two junior emperors (Caesares).
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D.
Rule 72
Rule 72 is a provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that governs how parties may object to and seek review of decisions made by magistrate judges in civil cases.
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E.
Stored Communications Act
The Stored Communications Act is a U.S. federal law that governs government and third-party access to stored electronic communications and associated data held by service providers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
provision of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
ⓘ
provision on costs of a previously dismissed action ⓘ provision on dismissal by court order ⓘ provision on dismissal of counterclaims ⓘ provision on dismissal without a court order ⓘ rule on involuntary dismissal ⓘ rule on voluntary dismissal ⓘ |
| adoptedBy | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| allows |
court to order payment of costs
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court to stay proceedings until costs are paid ⓘ dismissal on terms the court considers proper ⓘ notice of dismissal by the plaintiff ⓘ stipulation of dismissal signed by all parties ⓘ |
| appliesIn | United States district courts ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
civil actions
ⓘ
counterclaims ⓘ crossclaims ⓘ third-party claims ⓘ |
| appliesWhen | plaintiff previously dismissed an action based on or including the same claim ⓘ |
| codifiedIn | Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ |
| defaultEffect | adjudication on the merits ⓘ |
| effectiveIn | federal civil procedure ⓘ |
| governs |
dismissal by stipulation of the parties
ⓘ
dismissal of civil actions ⓘ involuntary dismissal for failure to comply with a court order ⓘ involuntary dismissal for failure to comply with the rules ⓘ involuntary dismissal for failure to prosecute ⓘ involuntary dismissal of actions ⓘ payment of costs of a prior action ⓘ voluntary dismissal by the plaintiff ⓘ voluntary dismissal of actions ⓘ |
| hasSection |
Rule 41(a)
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Rule 41(b) ⓘ Rule 41(c) ⓘ Rule 41(d) ⓘ |
| incorporates |
procedures of Rule 41(a)
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procedures of Rule 41(b) ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States federal courts
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linked to:
U.S. federal courts
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| language | English ⓘ |
| legalNature | procedural rule ⓘ |
| legalSystem | United States law ⓘ |
| partOf | Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ⓘ |
| providesException |
dismissal for failure to join a party under Rule 19
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dismissal for improper venue ⓘ dismissal for lack of jurisdiction ⓘ |
| requires |
court approval for voluntary dismissal when Rule 41(a)(1) does not apply
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court order for certain voluntary dismissals ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
dismissal with prejudice
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dismissal without prejudice ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Rule 41 Description of subject: Rule 41 is a provision of the U.S. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that governs the voluntary and involuntary dismissal of civil actions in federal court.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.