legal norm

commandment, instruction, or order intended as an authoritative rule of action
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legal norm

Summary

legal norm ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (116 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • legal norm is a type of command[2].
  • legal norm is a type of norm[3].
  • legal norm is a type of rule[4].
  • legal norm is part of legal institution[5].
  • legal norm is part of law[6].
  • legal norm's Commons category is recorded as Instructions[7].
  • legal norm's said to be the same as is recorded as command[8].
  • legal norm comprises hypothesis[9].
  • legal norm comprises disposition[10].
  • legal norm comprises sanction[11].
  • legal norm's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Precepts[12].
  • legal norm's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • legal norm's partially coincident with is recorded as maxim[14].
  • legal norm's partially coincident with is recorded as commandment[15].
  • legal norm's has characteristic is recorded as enforcement[16].
  • legal norm's different from is recorded as guideline[17].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include command[2], norm[3], and rule[4].

Use and Application

Components include hypothesis[9], a legal term or legal concept[18]; disposition[10], a legal term or legal concept[19]; and sanction[11], a legal term or legal concept[20]. Part of include legal institution[5], a type of institution[21] and law[6], an academic discipline[22].

Influence

Things named for legal norm include kyriarchy[23], a social theory[24].

Why It Matters

legal norm ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (116 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Entities named for it include kyriarchy[23], a social theory[24].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [23] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Partially coincident with maxim, commandment
    Has part(s) hypothesis, disposition, sanction
    Part of legal institution, law
    Part of
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 9217, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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