Maple Juris provides an API that validates Canadian legal citations against a structured knowledge graph of federal and provincial legislation. By inputting a statute, section, and jurisdiction, users receive the exact statutory text, a confidence score, and alternative citations when references are ambiguous. The graph captures hierarchical relationships, amendment histories, and temporal versions, supporting use cases such as legal research and M&A due diligence.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Legal professionals in Canada must manually cross‑check citations against multiple jurisdictional sources, which are often presented as flat text repositories without clear hierarchy or amendment history. This fragmented approach leads to time‑consuming verification, risk of referencing outdated provisions, and difficulty handling ambiguous or partially specified citations.
Solution
Maple Juris offers a citation API that validates a given statute, section, and jurisdiction against a structured knowledge graph of Canadian legislation. The graph encodes hierarchical relationships, amendment trails, and temporal versions, enabling precise retrieval of the exact provision text. Each response includes a confidence score and, when applicable, alternative citations for ambiguous inputs. The service is accessible via a web interface, REST API, and MCP server, supporting integration into legal research platforms, due‑diligence workflows, and compliance tools. By automating citation verification, Maple Juris reduces manual effort and improves the reliability of legal references.
Target Audience
Primary customers are law firms, corporate legal departments, and M&A or compliance teams that require reliable, automated verification of Canadian statutory citations during research and due‑diligence processes.
Features
- Real‑time citation validation that confirms existence, in‑force status, and returns the full statutory text
- Graph‑backed retrieval capturing hierarchy, amendment history, and temporal versions of over 20,000 acts and regulations
- Confidence scoring with a detailed match breakdown and suggested alternative citations for ambiguous queries
- Comprehensive coverage of federal and provincial statutes, including Ontario, British Columbia, Yukon, and others, with additional jurisdictions planned
- RESTful API and web dashboard that deliver results in JSON, supporting easy integration into existing legal tech stacks
- Usage metering and quota management tied to subscription plans, with transparent request counts per API key