impeachment

process for charging a public official with legal offenses by the legislature(s)
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impeachment

Summary

impeachment ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,629 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • impeachment was followed by impeachment trial[2].
  • impeachment is a type of legal case[3].
  • impeachment is a type of accusation[4].
  • impeachment's said to be the same as is recorded as Q5954576[5].
  • A participant in impeachment was subject of impeachment[6].
  • A participant in impeachment was lower house[7].
  • impeachment's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Impeachment[8].
  • impeachment's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[9].
  • impeachment's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[10].
  • impeachment's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • impeachment's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[12].
  • impeachment's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13].
  • impeachment's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • impeachment's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[15].
  • impeachment's different from is recorded as removal from office[16].
  • impeachment's properties for this type is recorded as P533[17].
  • impeachment's has goal is recorded as removal from office[18].
  • impeachment's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include legal case[3] and accusation[4].

Why It Matters

impeachment ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,629 views/month).[1] impeachment has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] impeachment is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [19] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from removal from office
    Subclass of legal case, accusation
    Followed by impeachment trial
    Aliases
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 17591, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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