defendant

accused party in a legal case
Thing role Q159394
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defendant

Summary

defendant is a role[1]. defendant draws 544 Wikipedia views per month (role category, ranking #48 of 143).[2]

Key Facts

  • defendant's instance of is recorded as role[3].
  • defendant's instance of is recorded as legal term or legal concept[4].
  • defendant followed suspect[5].
  • defendant is a type of litigant[6].
  • defendant is a type of respondent[7].
  • defendant's Commons category is recorded as Defendants[8].
  • defendant's said to be the same as is recorded as defendant[9].
  • defendant is the opposite of plaintiff[10].
  • defendant is the opposite of prosecutor[11].
  • defendant's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • defendant's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • defendant's main Wikidata property is recorded as P1591[14].
  • defendant's different from is recorded as accused[15].
  • defendant's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'відповідачка'}[16].
  • defendant's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'accusée'}[17].
  • defendant's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'נאשמת'}[18].
  • defendant's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'ответчица'}[19].
  • defendant's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'toženka'}[20].
  • defendant's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'lb', 'text': 'Ugeklot'}[21].
  • defendant's male form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'accusé'}[22].
  • defendant's male form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'toženec'}[23].
  • defendant's male form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'lb', 'text': 'Ugekloten'}[24].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include role[3] and legal term or legal concept[4]. Recorded subclass of include litigant[6] and respondent[7]. Recorded opposite of include plaintiff[10] and prosecutor[11].

Why It Matters

defendant draws 544 Wikipedia views per month (role category, ranking #48 of 143).[2] defendant has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] defendant is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Q533822. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Q533822. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Q533822. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main wikidata property → P1591
    Said to be the same as → defendant
    Different from → accused
    Subclass of → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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