An ontology that represents concepts in the legal domain.
NyOn: A Multilingual Legal Ontology for Globalized Judicial System
specifies the law domain (nyon:CaseDomain) the court case (nyon:CourtCase) belongs to
OfDomain
specifies the argument made by the appellant (nyon:Appellant) of nyon:CourtCase
specifies the nyon:CourtCase being cited by nyon:CourtCase
citedBy
specifies the nyon:CourtCase is citing another nyon:CourtCase
cites
specifies the argument made by the defendant (nyon:Defendant) of nyon:CourtCase
specifies an author (nyon:Author) (any judge (nyon:Judge) from the bench) of the nyon:CourtCase
hasAuthor
specifies the bench associated with nyon:Bench of the nyon:CourtCase
hasBench
specifies the location of the nyon:Court
hasCourtLoc
specifies the court official represented with nyon:CourtOfficial connected to the nyon:CourtCase
hasCourtOfficial
specifies the date of the judgment of the nyon:CourtCase
hasDateOfJudgment
specifies the evidence associated with the nyon:Evidence instance for the nyon:CourtCase
hasEvidence
specifies the evidence location associated with the nyon:Evidence instance for the nyon:CourtCase
hasEvidenceLoc
specifies the fact associated with nyon:Fact belonging to a specific nyon:CourtCase
hasFact
specifies the final verdict associated with the nyon:CourtCase
hasFinalDecision
specifies the issue associated with the nyon:Issue instance mentioned in the nyon:CourtCase
hasIssue
specifies the judicial body (nyon:Judge) of nyon:CourtCase
hasJudge
specifies the type of judgment (nyon:CaseType) for nyon:CourtCase
hasJudgmentType
specifies the jurisdiction (nyon:Jurisdiction) for nyon:Court
hasJurisdiction
specifies the obiter dicta associated with nyon:ObiterDictum mentioned in nyon:CourtCase
hasObiterDictum
specifies the party (nyon:Party) associated with nyon:CourtCase
hasParty
specifies the type of party (nyon:PartyType) involved in nyon:CourtCase
hasPartyType
specifies the police officer (nyon:PolicePersonnel) doing mentioned in nyon:CourtCase
hasPolicePersonnel
represents past cases referred by the judge in the judgment
specifies the previous cases of type nyon:CourtCase
specifies a clause or norm (nyon:Provision) in a legal instrument or a law
hasProvision
specifies the judges ratio of decision (nyon:RatioDecidendi) for nyon:CourtCase
hasRatioDecidendi
specifies the ruling (previous judgments nyon:CourtCase) of the lower court (nyon:Court)
hasRulingOf
specifies the statute (nyon:Statute) mentioned in nyon:CourtCase
hasStatue
specifies the witness (nyon:Witness) mentioned in nyon:CourtCase
hasWitness
specifies the phrases and words (specially nyon:Issue) mentioned in nyon:CourtCase
hasWordPhrase
signifies the domain words, facts and issue related words in the case
hasWords
specifies the arguments done in nyon:CourtCase by some party (nyon:Party)
makeArgument
specifies the argument made by the Petitioner (nyon:Petitioner) of nyon:CourtCase
specifies the argument made by the plaintiff (nyon:Plaintiff) of nyon:CourtCase
specifies the past cases (nyon:CourtCase) overruled by the judge in the current case
precedentOverruled
specifies the past cases (nyon:CourtCase) referred by the judge on which the current judgment relies on
precedentReliedUpon
specifies the previous cases (nyon:CourtCase) referred by the judge on which the case decision does not rely on
precedentNotReliedUpon
specifies the argument made by the respondent (nyon:Respondent) of nyon:CourtCase
specifies the judge (nyon:Judge) gives the opinion in concurrence (nyon:Concurrence) of the court
withConcurrence
specifies the judge (nyon:Judge) gives the opinion in dissent (nyon:Dissent) of the court
withDissent
specifies the judge (nyon:Judge) gives the opinion in majority (nyon:Majority) of the court
withMajority
represnts the judge opinion on the case either with majority, dissent or concurrence
withOpinion
specifies the judge (nyon:Judge) working in court (nyon:Court)
worksIn
COFirstName
COLastName
argumentSequenceNum
argumentValue
catchwordValue
courtName
courtOffName
dateOfJudgment
equivalent citations provided by the various law reporters.
evidenceLocation
factSequenceNum
factValue
finalDecisionValue
firstName
Case has a unique ID
represents the name of a case usually contains the name of both the parties
hasDate
hasDesignation
hasMonth
represents the name of the police personnel involved in the case
hasPolicePersonnelName
hasYear
issueSequenceNum
issueValue
lastName
locationName
represents neutral citations given by the court itself
obiterDictumSequenceNum
obiterDictumValue
partyName
ratioDecidendiSequenceNum
ratioDecidendiValue
wFirstName
wLastName
witnessName
witnessStatement
wordPhraseValue
Person
party involved (either on both sides or any one) is the government in the case
Government
organization(s) involved as the participant in the case
Organization
location name or place name
Place
person against whom an allegation has been made that he has committed an offence, or who is charge with an offence
Accused
jurisdiction type is a advisory jurisdiction
Advisory Jurisdiction
party who makes an appeal
Appellant
jurisdiction type is a appellant jurisdiction
Appellant Jurisdiction
Argument made by any of the party
Argument
Author (Judge) who is responsible for a creation of case document
Author
Defines the bench of the case.
Bench
case belongs to specific proceeding like civil or criminal
CaseDomain
classification of types of cases
CaseType
Descriptive words or phrases used to categorise the subject matter of a case along with some keywords representing the issues in the case
Catchword
lower court at metropolitan level after Sessions Court for criminal cases
Chief Meterpolitan Court
lower court at metropolitan level after High Courts for civil cases
City Civil Court
case is a civil case
Civil
decisions result when a judge agrees with the ultimate conclusion made by the majority of the court but disagrees on how they reached that decision
Concurrence
Country
courts in the judicial system
Court
represents the court judgment given by a court of law
CourtCase
CourtDecision
legal system related people involved in a case
CourtOfficial
court for civil cases
Civil Court
courts for crimnial cases
Criminal Court
lowest court after City Civil Courts at metropolitan level for civil cases
Court of Smaller Cause
case is a criminal case
Criminal
signifies the final date on which the judgment is given by the court of law
DateofJudgment
Decree
a person sued in the court of law
Defendant
judges who do not agree with the majority of the Court
Dissent
represents district name/location
District
a term in judicial system in India in which a case is heard and judged by at least 2 judges
District Court
Division Bench
evidences presented in front of the court in the case
Evidence
represents factual statements in the case law
Fact
party of the case are the group of people on one side against another group of people or individual or state
Group
court at the state level
High Court
participants of the case are the individual persons
Individual
A police officer is a warranted law employee of a police force
PolicePersonnel
issues in the case arised by the party
Issue
represents the judge of the case
Judge
Judgement given by the judge
Judgement
the extent to which a court of law can exercise its authority over any cases filed across a region
Jurisdiction
a term in judicial system in India in which a case is heard and judged by three or five judges
Larger Bench
Lawyer is a term of reference to the attroneys and advocates collectively in litigation
Lawyer
Learned counsel is a term of reference to the lawyers and advocates collectively in litigation
LearnedCounsel
represents the location of the courts, etc and also used for evidence locations
Location
Majority decisions are the ones where a majority of the judges agree
Majority
lowest court after Chief Metropolitan Court at metropolitan level for criminal cases
Metropolitan Magistrate Court
court for population more than 10 lakh city
Metropolitan Court
lowest court in heirarchy for civil ases at district level after Principal Junior Civil Court
Munsif Court
additional obersvations, remarks, and opinions made by the judge that are not the part of the reason for the decision
Obiter Dictum
judge opinion with respect to case or judgment
Opinion
order given by the court
Order
jurisdiction type is a original jurisdiction
Original Jurisdiction
party or people involved in the case
Party
represents the types of party involved in the case viz. individual, organization, govt. etc.
Party Type
one who makes the petition
Petitioner
party who brings the suit in the court of law
Plaintiff
all the past cases referred in the current judgment b ythe judge
Precedent
third lower court in hierarchy at district level for civil cases
Principal Junior Civil Court
clause or section number or article number applied/used in the case law
Provision
the rationale for the decision
RatioDecidendi
party called upon to respond or answer a petition, a cliam or a appeal
Respondent
jurisdiction type is a review jurisdiction
Review Jurisdiction
lower court at both distrcit and metropolitan level after High Courts specific for criminal cases
Sessions Court
a case heard and judged by a single judge
Single Judge
represents solicitor, learned counsel or laywer of the case
Solicitor
means the Bench constituted by or under the orders of the Chief Justice to hear a case or particular class of cases
Special Bench
represents state name/location
State
includes the acts and norms of the law
Statue
second lower court in hierarchy at District level for civil cases
Sub Court
highest court in the judicial system
Supreme Court of India
represents taluka name/location
Taluka
institutions established for discharging judicial or quasi-judicial duties under the Government of India
Tribunal
Bench deals with tribunals cases
Tribunal Bench
witness involved/presented in the case
Witness
words or phrases exctracted from the case to make the search better for the cases or find relevent cases or judgment
WordsAndPhrases
jurisdiction type is a writ jurisdiction
Writ Jurisdiction
second lower court at distrcit level after districit level Session Court for criminal cases
Judicial Magistrate Court (First Class)
lowest court after Judicial Magistrate Court (First Class) at distrcit level for criminal cases
Judicial Magistrate Court (Second Class)