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De minimis: History & Applications

De minimis is a legal doctrine by which a court refuses to consider trifling matters. The name of the doctrine is a Latin expression meaning "pertaining to minimal things" or "with trifles", normally in the terms de minimis non curat praetor ('the praetor does not concern himself with trifles') or de minimis non curat lex ('the law does not concern…

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De minimis topic overview

The analysis highlights History and Applications as prominent areas in the source structure around De minimis.

Related topics
76
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
80
Extracted relationships
126
Concept neighborhoods
27
Bridge connections
80

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Other uses · 38 topics
Uses in tax law · 19 topics
Overview · 17 topics
History · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

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Overview

History

Uses in tax law

Other uses

Advanced semantic analysis

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How De minimis connects Entity context

The extracted context around De minimis shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, De minimis → Beastie Boys, Bridgeport Music, Choir, Courts, De, Dimension Films, For, However, Inc, James Newton, Mic, NBA, Newton, Newton's, Pass, Similarly, US Another extracted example is De minimis → Arraigned, Bantam, Book, De, He, ISBN, Larry, Limerick, Rex, The, The Official Lawyers Joke, There, Who, Wikimedia CommonsWilde, Wiktionary Media, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

De minimis

Top relations

related to Copyright · 17
De minimis → Beastie Boys, Bridgeport Music, Choir, Courts, De, Dimension Films, For, However, Inc, James Newton, Mic, NBA, Newton, Newton's, Pass, Similarly, US
related to External links · 16
De minimis → Arraigned, Bantam, Book, De, He, ISBN, Larry, Limerick, Rex, The, The Official Lawyers Joke, There, Who, Wikimedia CommonsWilde, Wiktionary Media, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Transportation · 14
De minimis → Bus Subsidy Contracts, Following, Great Britain, Guidance, In, New De Minimis Rules, Regulations, Tendering, The Department, The Service Subsidy Agreements, The Transport Act, There, Transport Act, Transport's
related to Education · 11
De minimis → Appeals, Court, Disabilities Education Act, Douglas County School District, IDEA, In Endrew, Individuals, March, Supreme Court, Tenth Circuit, The
related to European Union · 10
De minimis → According, Article, EC Treaty, European Union, For, Functioning, Horizontal, If, Treaty, Under European Union
related to history · 10
De minimis → California, David Dudley Field's Maxims, It, John Chilton Burch, Jurisprudence, Montana, New York, North Dakota, The, US
related to United States · 9
De minimis → Cash, Mobile Workforce State Income, Not, Some, Specifically, Tax Simplification Act, These, Under, Under Internal Revenue Service
related to Criminology and crime · 8
De minimis → European Convention, Having, Human Rights, In, Most, North American, The, Those
related to Duties and taxes on imports · 7
De minimis → EU, European Union, For, In, Since, South Africa, The
related to Christian theology · 6
De minimis → Christian Gospels, Evangelists, Gospels, Simon Greenleaf's Testimony, The, Upham

Important terminology

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Important terminology

minimis de tax law court copyright used non value rule exemption one principle legal curat lex states european also latin

De minimis relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 126 structured relationships around De minimis. Examples in this analysis include De minimis → is a → legal doctrine by which a court refuses to consider trifling matters and California by the 1870s → instance of → It was incorporated into David Dudley Field's Maxims of Jurisprudence of New York by the 1800s which was later exported by migrants such as John Chilton Burch to newer US states. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
De minimisis alegal doctrine by which a court refuses to consider trifling matters0.90text
California by the 1870sinstance ofIt was incorporated into David Dudley Field's Maxims of Jurisprudence of New York by the 1800s which was later exported by migrants such as John Chilton Burch to newer US states0.80text
Montana by the 1890sinstance ofIt was incorporated into David Dudley Field's Maxims of Jurisprudence of New York by the 1800s which was later exported by migrants such as John Chilton Burch to newer US states0.80text
Sheininstance ofparticularly those based in China0.80text
Temuinstance ofparticularly those based in China0.80text
De minimisrelated to AgricultureUnder0.60section
De minimisrelated to AgricultureWorld Trade Organization's Agreement0.60section
De minimisrelated to AgricultureAgriculture0.60section
De minimisrelated to Christian theologyThe0.60section
De minimisrelated to Christian theologyGospels0.60section
De minimisrelated to Christian theologyUpham0.60section
De minimisrelated to Christian theologySimon Greenleaf's Testimony0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around De minimis bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Minimis, Law and One. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • De minimis
    • Minimis
    • Law
    • One
    • Court
    • Also
    • European
    • Use
    • Copyright
    • Exemption
    • Principle
    • Rule
    • Used
  • de minimis
    • Minimis
    • Law
    • One
    • Court
    • Also
    • European
    • Use
    • Copyright
    • Exemption
    • Lex
    • Principle
    • Rule
  • legal doctrine
    • Also
    • Latin
    • Duties
    • Imports
    • New
    • Risk
    • Taxes
    • Trade
    • Union
    • Year
    • Curat
    • European
  • close the de minimis exemption
    • Minimis
    • Tariffs
    • Tax
    • Law
    • One
    • Court
    • Also
    • European
    • Imports
    • New
    • Number
    • Since
  • european union competition law
    • European
    • Union
    • Law
    • Rule
    • Duties
    • Imports
    • Risk
    • Since
    • Taxes
    • Trade
    • Minimis
    • Also
  • de minimis fringe benefit
    • Minimis
    • Law
    • One
    • Court
    • Also
    • European
    • Use
    • Copyright
    • Exemption
    • Lex
    • Principle
    • Rule
  • uses in tax law
    • European
    • Imports
    • Taxes
    • Rule
    • Union
    • Trade
    • Without
    • Also
    • Income
    • Exemption
    • Minimis
    • Duties
  • state income tax
    • Imports
    • Taxes
    • Number
    • Rule
    • States
    • Trade
    • Without
    • Also
    • Income
    • Tax
    • Exemption
    • Act

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For De minimis, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects De minimis with Other uses. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
De minimis — Other uses · splits 42 ⟂ 39
De minimis — Uses in tax law · splits 61 ⟂ 20
De minimis — Overview · splits 63 ⟂ 18
De minimis — History · splits 78 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

De minimis

Nodes81
Edges80
Triples126
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.024691
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around De minimis to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History & Applications, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — De minimis · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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