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Blackstone's ratio

the saying that “It is better that 10 guilty persons escape than that 1 innocent suffer”
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Blackstone's ratio

Summary

Blackstone's ratio is a legal maxim[1]. It draws 228 Wikipedia views per month (legal_maxim category, ranking #1 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • Blackstone's ratio authored William Blackstone[3].
  • Blackstone's ratio's instance of is recorded as legal maxim[4].
  • Blackstone's ratio's Commons category is recorded as Blackstone's ratio[5].
  • Blackstone's ratio's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0f3s_p[6].
  • Blackstone's ratio's published in is recorded as Commentaries on the Laws of England[7].

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Works and Contributions

Blackstone's ratio authored William Blackstone[3].

Why It Matters

Blackstone's ratio draws 228 Wikipedia views per month (legal_maxim category, ranking #1 of 4).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8]

Related Entities

William Blackstone

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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