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Law [entity]
A Law regulates activities or states of affairs within a Jurisdiction, dictating what Required states should be the case and what Forbidden states should not. Often it also indicates negative consequences for individuals that violate it, and these negative consequences are generally enforced by some official authority. They may or may not be created by some official legislative body.
The new act banning smoking in public will pass soon.
The new act banning smoking in public will pass soon.
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- frm_law
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- Entity
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- Law (fn_1.7_2023)
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- Law
Core Frame Elements (3)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Forbidden |
The state-of-affairs which is disallowed by the Law.
I think we need a law against all firearms within city limits|for. |
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| Law |
This FE identifies the rule designed to guide activity, deprecating some types of activity and/or requiring other types of activity. This FE is incorporated into each LU in this frame.
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| Required |
A state-of-affairs which the Law declares must be maintained.
The law that all minors must be accompanied by an adult|req is a laughingstock. |
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FE Core Set(s) and Excludes
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Forbidden
Required
Peripheral Frame Elements (7)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Creator |
An individual or individuals that bring the Law into existence.
But this was forbidden by the King's Law of 1665. |
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| Jurisdiction |
The location where a given Law is in force.
According to Fijian|jur law, no-one may enter the park after sunset. |
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| Name |
The term used to refer to a Law.
Well, they're still in violation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. |
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| Part |
Any indication of what makes up the Law.
We don't need another law with 300 subsections. |
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| Time_of_creation |
The time at which a Law comes into existence.
The 1996|Time welfare reform act was a sham. |
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| Type |
An indication of the subtype of Law.
According to Canon Law, priests may not marry. |
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| Use |
The use for which a law is intended.
We brought back a law to forbid the use of profanity. |
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (1)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Descriptor |
Any description of the Law not covered by a more specific frame element.
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Frame-Frame Relations (4)
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Lexical Units (9)
| LU | Type | Definition |
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| act.n | — | COD: a written ordinance of Parliament, Congress, etc. |
| code.n | — | COD: a systematic collection of laws or statutes |
| law.n | — | FN: a rule recognized by a country or community as regulating the actions of its members and enforced by the imposition of penalties |
| order.n | — | FN: a rule or body of rules which govern an assembly |
| policy.n | — | COD: a course or principle of action adopted or proposed by an organization or individual. |
| protocol.n | — | COD: the official procedure or system of rules governing affairs of state or diplomatic occasions |
| regime.n | — | FN: treaty. |
| regulation.n | — | COD: a rule or directive made and maintained by an authority. |
| statute.n | — | COD: a written law passed by a legislative body. |
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