---
title: "Resolve Citation"
method: GET
path: "/authorities/resolve"
tags: ["authorities"]
---

# Resolve Citation

`GET /authorities/resolve`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.casenode.ai`
- URL: `https://api.casenode.ai/authorities/resolve`
- Auth: none declared

Resolve any reference — citation, partial title, name variant — to a
canonical authority, with ranked candidates and per-candidate confidence.

## Query parameters

- `q` string, required: Reference to resolve — citation, case name, or tribunal ref
- `target_court` string, nullable: Court code — adds binding_status per result
- `limit` integer: Maximum candidates returned

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- ResolveResponse
  - `status` string, required
  - `query` string, required
  - `interpretation` ResolveInterpretation, required
    - `kind` string, required
    - `normalized` string, required
    - `year` integer, nullable
    - `parties` string[]
    - `unusable_reason` string, nullable
  - `best` ResolveCandidate
    - `authority` AuthorityResponse, required
      - `id` string, required
      - `citation` string, required
      - `title` string, nullable
      - `authority_type` string, required
      - `court` string, nullable
      - `precedence_rank` integer, nullable
      - `year` integer, nullable
      - `judgment_date` string, nullable
      - `parties_claimant` string, nullable
      - `parties_respondent` string, nullable
      - `jurisdiction` string, nullable
      - `has_test_elements` boolean
      - `extraction_status` string
      - `stub` boolean
      - `source_url` string, nullable
      - `binding_status` 'binding' | 'persuasive' | 'same_level' | 'unknown', nullable
      - `citation_count` integer
      - `last_cited_date` string, nullable
    - `score` number, required
    - `confidence` string, required
    - `match_reason` string, required
    - `bridged_to` string, nullable
    - `alias_conflict` boolean
  - `candidates` ResolveCandidate[]
    - `authority` AuthorityResponse, required
      - `id` string, required
      - `citation` string, required
      - `title` string, nullable
      - `authority_type` string, required
      - `court` string, nullable
      - `precedence_rank` integer, nullable
      - `year` integer, nullable
      - `judgment_date` string, nullable
      - `parties_claimant` string, nullable
      - `parties_respondent` string, nullable
      - `jurisdiction` string, nullable
      - `has_test_elements` boolean
      - `extraction_status` string
      - `stub` boolean
      - `source_url` string, nullable
      - `binding_status` 'binding' | 'persuasive' | 'same_level' | 'unknown', nullable
      - `citation_count` integer
      - `last_cited_date` string, nullable
    - `score` number, required
    - `confidence` string, required
    - `match_reason` string, required
    - `bridged_to` string, nullable
    - `alias_conflict` boolean
  - `resolution_path` string, nullable
  - `resolution_source` string, nullable

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

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