legal instrument
Let an agent identify kinds of legal instruments, describe their formal requirements and status in general terms, and route legal interpretation to professionals.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Instrument Which instrument.
Type
Kind.
Type
Kind and jurisdiction.
- What kind of instrument is it? definition
- In which jurisdiction? provenance
Parties or issuer
Who.
Issuer
Parties or authority.
- Who issued or signed it? provenance
- In what capacity? provenance
Form Formalities.
Requirements
Signatures, witnesses, notarisation.
Formality
Requirement and source.
- Which formalities apply in general? provenance
- Were they met, per the record? provenance
Registration
Publication or registration.
Registration
Register and number.
- Was it registered or published? provenance
- Where? provenance
Status Validity over time.
Status
In force or not.
Status
Status such as executed, effective, expired, terminated, revoked, discharged, amended or repealed, with date.
- Is it in force? provenance
- As of which date? provenance
Amendments
Changes.
Amendment
Instrument and date.
- Has it been amended or repealed? provenance
- By which instrument? provenance
Access Texts and identifiers.
Official text
Source.
Official text
Publisher and URL.
- Where is the official text? provenance
- Which version? provenance
Identifiers
Citations.
Identifier
Scheme and value.
- What is its official identifier? provenance
- Under which scheme? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.MED
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Heritage Act — State Heritage Register, Recomendação, Charity Commission scheme, Harbour Reorganisation Scheme, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers Instruction Note, toijō, contractual document, Sworn declaration, digest, international instrument, Euthanasia directive, Legal documents of mainland China
What it is Filled
A formally executed written document that records and gives legal effect to an act, right, duty or agreement, such as a contract, deed, will, statute, regulation, treaty or court order.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent identify kinds of legal instruments, describe their formal requirements and status in general terms, and route legal interpretation to professionals.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Records a legally significant act or agreement; legal effect depends on applicable law and requirements, not formal appearance alone.
- Formal requirements (signature, witnesses, notarisation, publication) depend on type and jurisdiction.
- Public instruments (statutes, decrees) differ from private ones (contracts, wills).
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- give legal advice
- help forge documents
Only with a human decision
- questions needing professional legal judgement, which go to qualified professionals
May
- identify instruments and point to official texts
Moral aspects Filled
- access to law
- accuracy
Who is affected
- parties
- the public
Owners Filled
Steward
the issuing authority or the parties to each instrument
Master systems
- official gazettes
- land and company registries
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q47461344 - registry parent class
- Q49848 - registry parent class
related
- document - record
- law - legal system
- ELI or official reference - identifier
- legal act - act it records
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.legal-instrument
- Wikidata: Q3150005 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3150005)
- European Legislation Identifier (ELI): URI pattern per jurisdiction for legislation
- official citation or registry number: jurisdiction-specific
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
A legal document's legal properties are recorded under form and status.
Recognition optional Filled
- Formal documents with titles, parties or issuing authority, dates and signatures or seals
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- identify the kind of instrument
- describe formal requirements in general terms
- find official texts and identifiers
- check status (in force, amended, repealed) from official sources
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Invalidity from missing formalities
- Using outdated versions
- Forgery
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Akoma Ntoso (OASIS LegalDocML) for legal documents
- National rules on formalities, such as notarisation and registration
Context of use required Filled
- Creating, transferring or recording legal rights and obligations.
- contract
- deed
- will
- power of attorney
- statute and regulation
- treaty
- court order
- administrative scheme
Sources Filled
- Q3150005 - identity of the registry item, labels and sitelinks
- Legal instrument - general description of the subject
- Instrument - Definition, examples, execution, jurisdiction-dependent formalities and forgery.
- Express contract - Binding agreements may be expressed orally or in writing; formality alone does not determine legal effect.
- European Legislation Identifier - ELI identifies and describes legislation, rather than every kind of legal instrument.
- OASIS LegalDocumentML Technical Committee - Akoma Ntoso, LegalDocML, XML representation of legal documents and the standards body.
Open questions
- The registry merges specific instruments and schemes; they should be separate entries.
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q3150005/spec.json