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Vlex Legal Document Structure

Legal document with full text, metadata, and citations

Type: object Properties: 0
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vLexLegalDocument is a JSON Structure definition published by vLex.

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{
  "name": "vLexLegalDocument",
  "description": "Legal document with full text, metadata, and citations",
  "type": "object",
  "fields": [
    {"name": "id", "type": "string", "required": true, "description": "vLex document ID"},
    {"name": "title", "type": "string", "required": true, "description": "Document title"},
    {"name": "document_type", "type": "string (enum)", "required": true, "description": "case_law|statute|regulation|secondary_source|contract"},
    {"name": "jurisdiction", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "ISO jurisdiction code"},
    {"name": "date", "type": "string (date)", "required": false, "description": "Publication/decision date"},
    {"name": "language", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "BCP-47 language code"},
    {"name": "full_text", "type": "string", "required": false, "description": "Full document text"},
    {"name": "metadata", "type": "object", "required": false, "description": "Court, parties, docket, etc."},
    {"name": "citations", "type": "array<Citation>", "required": false, "description": "Legal citations"},
    {"name": "url", "type": "string (URI)", "required": false, "description": "Link on vlex.com"}
  ]
}