Sedes

Fourteen functions. One rule: the source.

Your AI picks the function that fits your question. You see the result: verbatim text, the official citation, and a clear notice when something does not exist or is ambiguous.

Find

  • Searchsearch

    One query across legislation, case law, parliamentary papers, the Staatsblad, local regulations, EU law and disciplinary law. Exact references and case names put the right source on top; filters for court, area of law, source and date.

    Example: “onrechtmatige daad gevaarzetting” or simply “Kelderluik”

  • Resolve a referenceresolve_citation

    Finds every reference in a piece of text and matches it to the exact document. If it is ambiguous, you get the candidates with the reason.

    Candidates

    Example: “HR 14 september 2018”: several rulings that day, Sedes returns the candidates

  • Leading casesfind_leading_cases

    The rulings cited most often, and by the highest courts, for an article or judgment.

    Example: leading judgments on art. 7:669 BW

  • Filter valueslist_values

    The valid names of courts, areas of law and sources, so your AI can filter precisely.

    Example: all courts of appeal

Read

  • Statute textget_legislation

    A regulation or article as it stood on a given date, with the start and end of its validity and the link to wetten.overheid.nl.

    Example: art. 7:611 BW on 1 January 2015

  • Versions of an articleget_legislation_history

    Every version of an article with its period, and word by word what changed between two versions.

    Example: what changed as of 2020?

  • Rulingget_ruling

    A ruling or Advocate General opinion, in full or by part: summary, facts, considerations, decision, or a single numbered ground.

    Example: ground 3.4 of a judgment

  • Other documentsget_document

    Parliamentary papers and proceedings, the Staatsblad, Staatscourant and Tractatenblad, EU acts, judgments of the Court of Justice, municipal regulations and disciplinary rulings.

    Example: the explanatory memorandum

Connect

  • Citationsget_citations

    Who cites this article or ruling, and what a ruling cites itself, with the passage where it appears.

    Example: art. 6:162 BW: 13,599 documents

  • Procedural historyget_case_chain

    First instance, appeal, cassation, referral and preliminary questions of a case, in order.

    Example: district court → court of appeal → Supreme Court

  • Legislative historyget_legislative_history

    The parliamentary papers and passages that belong to an article.

    Example: what did the legislator intend?

  • European contextget_eu_context

    The directive behind a Dutch article, the Dutch implementation of a directive, and the judgments of the Court of Justice.

    Example: directive → Dutch statute

Check

  • Check a quotationverify_quote

    Is this passage in the source word for word? Exact, equal apart from white space, partly or not, with its place and the real text.

    Not verbatim

    Example: Not verbatim: Sedes shows what it really says

  • Citation formatformat_citation

    The correct citation of a source under the Dutch Leidraad voor juridische auteurs (the Dutch legal citation guide).

    Example: HR 13 maart 1981, ECLI:NL:HR:1981:AG4158 (Haviltex)