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Legal_rulings [agentive]

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An Authority with the power to make decisions hands down a Finding over a question presented in a formal or informal Case.

The judge ruled yesterday that the revisions were not adequate. DNI

A high court in London ruled on the case that a vulture fund can extract more than $20 million from Zambia for a debt.

In the California case, a judge ruled Oct. 12 that Tendler must pay the bloggers' legal fees.

Properties

ID
#2076
Entry
frm_legal_rulings
Namespace
Eventive.Agentive
FrameNet version
Legal_rulings (fn_1.7_2023)
Domains
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Types
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Ontological type
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English name
Legal_rulings

Core Frame Elements (4)

Core Frame Elements
Frame element Definition Semantic type Constraint
Authority
The Authority (which may be the jury, judge, magistrate or court) decides on the Finding.

The US International Trade Commission ruled that a 1987 anti-dumping tariff against frozen concentrated orange juice from Brazil could be revoked DNI.
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sentient
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Case
This FE describes the question on which the Authority gives a Finding.

US Supreme Court ruled on flag salutes in public schools today.
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Defendant
The person about whom the Authority passes a judgment or Finding.

They held judgment upon me|D as a convicted traitress.
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Finding
This FE identifies the outcome of the Authority's deliberation or consideration.

Miss Mahmod's father ruled that she would never marry him.
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Peripheral Frame Elements (7)

Peripheral Frame Elements
Frame element Definition Semantic type Constraint
Legal_basis
This FE indicates the basis in law of a Finding.
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Manner
This FE identifies the Manner in which the Authority acts.
category
manner
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Means
This FE identifies an action that the Authority performs in order to return the verdict.
category
state_of_affairs
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Place
Where the Finding takes place.
category
locative_relation
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Purpose
This FE identifies the purpose why the Authority returns a particular Finding.
category
state_of_affairs
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Re-encoding
This FE presents the current frame as an integral part of a larger conceptualization expressed by another frame. The frame expressed by the target typically corresponds to a Means action within the frame expressed by the Re-encoding, but not necessarily
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Time
When the Authority gives his Finding.
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time
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (5)

Extra-thematic Frame Elements
Frame element Definition Semantic type Constraint
Circumstances
The Circumstances under which the ruling was reached.
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Communicative_force
This FE indicates the Communicative_force or authority with which the ruling event operates (often denoted by words such as "officially," "formally," "technically," etc.).
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Duration
The amount of time that a Finding holds.
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Explanation
The Explanation for the Finding.
category
state_of_affairs
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Particular_iteration
Expressions marked with this extra-thematic FE modify a non-iterative use of the target, and indicate that it is conceived as embedded within an iterated series of similar events or states. In addition, most expressions of Particular_iteration indicate which instance of the series is being referred to.
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Frame-Frame Relations (3)

Inheritance

Inheritance relations
Inherits from
Intentionally_act
FE-FE
Is Inherited By
Verdict
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Using

Using relations
Uses
Communication
FE-FE

Lexical Units (6)

Lexical units of this frame
LU Type Definition
adjudicate.v โ€” FN: to judge authoritatively and legally
decree.v โ€” FN: to rule authoritatively and leagally to be the case
deem.v โ€” FN: to rule upon as a legal authority
judge.v โ€” FN: to rule authoritatively and legally to be the case
judgment.n โ€” FN: a decision ruled upon by a legal authority
rule.v โ€” COD: pronounce authoritatively and legally to be the case
Frame Chain TQR Visual Units

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