majorSchoolOfLaw

P17978
predicate

Indicates that a particular school of law is a primary or dominant legal tradition or framework associated with an entity.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
majorSchoolOfLaw canonical 7
dominantLegalSchool 3
followsLegalSchool 3

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: majorSchoolOfLaw
Generated description
Indicates that a particular school of law is a primary or dominant legal tradition or framework associated with an entity.

Sample triples (24)

Subject Object
Sunni Islam Hanafi ⓘ
linked to: Hanafi school
Sunni Islam Maliki ⓘ
Sunni Islam Shafi'i ⓘ
linked to: Shafi'i school
Sunni Islam Hanbali ⓘ
linked to: Hanbali school
Ibadi Islam Ibadi fiqh via predicate surface "followsLegalSchool" ⓘ
Chechens Shafi‘i via predicate surface "traditionalSchoolOfLaw" ⓘ
linked to: Shafi'i school
University of Ottawa common law in English via predicate surface "lawSchoolLanguage" ⓘ
University of Ottawa civil law in French via predicate surface "lawSchoolLanguage" ⓘ
Gambian Muslims Maliki via predicate surface "mainSchoolOfLaw" ⓘ
Bengali Muslims Hanafi Sunni Islam via predicate surface "followsLegalSchool" ⓘ
linked to: Hanafi school
Islam in Lake Chad region Maliki fiqh via predicate surface "dominantSchoolOfLaw" ⓘ
linked to: Maliki school
Islam in South Asia Hanafi ⓘ
linked to: Hanafi school
Islam in South Asia Shafi'i ⓘ
linked to: Shafi'i school
West African Islam Maliki fiqh via predicate surface "dominantLegalSchool" ⓘ
linked to: Maliki school
Zaydi Imamate in Yemen Zaydi fiqh via predicate surface "dominantSchoolOfLaw" ⓘ
Bidayat al-Mujtahid
linked to: Bidayat al-Mujtahid by Ibn Rushd
Maliki via predicate surface "legalSchoolOfAuthor" ⓘ
Hyderabadi Muslims Hanafi via predicate surface "majoritySchoolOfLaw" ⓘ
linked to: Hanafi school
Muftiate of Chechnya Sunni fiqh via predicate surface "mainSchoolOfLaw" ⓘ
Qadiriyya wa Naqshbandiyya (Sudan and East Africa) Sunni fiqh schools common in Sudan and East Africa via predicate surface "followsLegalSchool" ⓘ
Hui Muslims
linked to: Hui Muslim
Hanafi ⓘ
linked to: Hanafi school
House of Sultan Mahmud Shah IV Shafi‘i school via predicate surface "hasPrimarySchoolOfLaw" ⓘ
linked to: Shafi'i school
Iran
linked to: present-day Iran
Jaʿfari Shia fiqh via predicate surface "dominantLegalSchool" ⓘ
linked to: Ja'fari school
Arab-Berber civilization Maliki school of Islamic law via predicate surface "dominantLegalSchool" ⓘ
linked to: Maliki school
Muslim Filipinos Shafi‘i via predicate surface "mainSchoolOfLaw" ⓘ
linked to: Shafi'i school