Specific example: Let's say I have demonstrated that I have a graph in the sense of https://www.isa-afp.org/theories/category3/#FreeCategory.html :
lemma i_have_a_graph: shows "graph Obj Arr Dom Cod"
sorry
where the symbols Obj, Arr, Dom, and Cod were defined earlier in the file. This gives me access to the lemmas and theorems stated within the graph locale.
How do I use the symbol path defined within the graph locale?
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You don't do it using a lemma but by the interpretation command:
interpretation MyGraph: graph Obj Are Dom Cod <proof>
Of course, the <proof> could use your lemma, but you don't need to prove such a lemma separately.
Now MyGraph.path refers to the path component of this instance.
See https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/hvg/Isabelle/dist/Isabelle/doc/locales.pdf