hasHigherJurisdiction

P5068
predicate

Indicates that one authority or legal body possesses superior legal power or decision-making control over another within a defined domain or scope.

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All labels observed (17)

Label Occurrences
higherJurisdiction 56
hasHigherCourt 37
hasAppellateJurisdictionOver 32

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: hasHigherJurisdiction
Generated description
Indicates that one authority or legal body possesses superior legal power or decision-making control over another within a defined domain or scope.

Sample triples (174)

Subject Object
Portland City Commissioner, Position 1 State of Oregon ⓘ
linked to: Oregon
Portland City Commissioner, Position 1 United States federal government ⓘ
linked to: United States government
Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Court of First Instance via predicate surface "isHigherCourtThan" ⓘ
linked to: Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico
New York Supreme Court Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York via predicate surface "hasAppellateDivision" ⓘ
linked to: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York
Province IV General Convention of the Episcopal Church (United States) via predicate surface "higherJurisdiction" ⓘ
linked to: General Convention of the Episcopal Church
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit federal district courts in Maine via predicate surface "hasPrecedentAuthorityOver" ⓘ
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit federal district courts in Massachusetts via predicate surface "hasPrecedentAuthorityOver" ⓘ
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit federal district courts in New Hampshire via predicate surface "hasPrecedentAuthorityOver" ⓘ
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit federal district courts in Puerto Rico via predicate surface "hasPrecedentAuthorityOver" ⓘ
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit federal district courts in Rhode Island via predicate surface "hasPrecedentAuthorityOver" ⓘ
United States district courts United States courts of appeals via predicate surface "hasHigherCourt" ⓘ
United States district courts Supreme Court of the United States via predicate surface "hasHighestCourtAbove" ⓘ
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit United States District Court for the Southern District of New York via predicate surface "hasPrecedentAuthorityOver" ⓘ
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York via predicate surface "hasPrecedentAuthorityOver" ⓘ
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit United States District Court for the Northern District of New York via predicate surface "hasPrecedentAuthorityOver" ⓘ
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit United States District Court for the Western District of New York via predicate surface "hasPrecedentAuthorityOver" ⓘ
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit United States District Court for the District of Connecticut via predicate surface "hasPrecedentAuthorityOver" ⓘ
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit United States District Court for the District of Vermont via predicate surface "hasPrecedentAuthorityOver" ⓘ
Province IX General Convention of the Episcopal Church (United States) via predicate surface "higherJurisdiction" ⓘ
linked to: General Convention of the Episcopal Church
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Supreme Court of the United States via predicate surface "hasHigherCourt" ⓘ
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit federal district courts in Texas via predicate surface "hasPrecedentialAuthorityOver" ⓘ
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit federal district courts in Louisiana via predicate surface "hasPrecedentialAuthorityOver" ⓘ
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit federal district courts in Mississippi via predicate surface "hasPrecedentialAuthorityOver" ⓘ
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Supreme Court of the United States via predicate surface "hasHigherCourt" ⓘ
Ecclesiastical Province of New York Holy See via predicate surface "higherJurisdiction" ⓘ
Court of King’s Bench Court of Common Pleas via predicate surface "hadSupervisoryJurisdiction" ⓘ
Court of King’s Bench Court of Exchequer via predicate surface "hadSupervisoryJurisdiction" ⓘ
Court of King’s Bench inferior courts via predicate surface "hadSupervisoryJurisdiction" ⓘ
Supreme Court of India High Courts of India via predicate surface "hasAppellateJurisdictionOver" ⓘ
Kirk Session
linked to: Kirk Sessions
Presbytery via predicate surface "hasHigherCourt" ⓘ
Kirk Session
linked to: Kirk Sessions
Synod (historically) via predicate surface "hasHigherCourt" ⓘ
Kirk Session
linked to: Kirk Sessions
General Assembly of the Church of Scotland via predicate surface "hasHigherCourt" ⓘ
Seattle city government Washington state government via predicate surface "higherJurisdiction" ⓘ
linked to: Government of Washington (state)
Seattle city government federal government of the United States via predicate surface "higherJurisdiction" ⓘ
linked to: United States government
Gujarat High Court district courts in Gujarat via predicate surface "hasAppellateJurisdictionOver" ⓘ
Dame Justice
linked to: judicial title for some female judges in the UK
Court of Appeal of England and Wales via predicate surface "hasHigherCourt" ⓘ
Dame Justice
linked to: judicial title for some female judges in the UK
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom via predicate surface "hasHigherCourt" ⓘ
Indiana Court of Appeals Indiana Supreme Court via predicate surface "hasHigherCourt" ⓘ
CAVC Board of Veterans’ Appeals via predicate surface "hasAppellateJurisdictionOver" ⓘ
Idaho Supreme Court Idaho district courts via predicate surface "hasAppellateJurisdictionOver" ⓘ
linked to: Judiciary of Idaho
Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Regent House of the University of Cambridge (for certain university matters) via predicate surface "higherJurisdiction" ⓘ
linked to: Regent House of the University of Cambridge
Roman Catholic Diocese of Texcoco Holy See via predicate surface "higherJurisdiction" ⓘ
Halifax Regional Council Province of Nova Scotia via predicate surface "higherJurisdiction" ⓘ
linked to: Nova Scotia
Calcutta High Court district courts in West Bengal via predicate surface "hasAppellateJurisdictionOver" ⓘ
Calcutta High Court district courts in Andaman and Nicobar Islands via predicate surface "hasAppellateJurisdictionOver" ⓘ
Bavarian fiscal courts Federal Fiscal Court of Germany via predicate surface "hasHigherCourt" ⓘ
Court of Appeals of Virginia Virginia trial courts via predicate surface "hasPrecedentialAuthorityOver" ⓘ
Finance and Taxation (Maryland Constitution)
linked to: Finance and Taxation
Maryland statutory law on finance via predicate surface "higherLegalAuthorityThan" ⓘ
Finance and Taxation (Maryland Constitution)
linked to: Finance and Taxation
Maryland statutory law on taxation via predicate surface "higherLegalAuthorityThan" ⓘ
linked to: Maryland Code
Supreme Court of Ohio
linked to: Ohio state courts
Courts of appeals of Ohio via predicate surface "hasAppellateJurisdictionOver" ⓘ
linked to: Ohio state courts