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impossibility defense

criminal defense occasionally used when a defendant is accused of a criminal attempt that failed only because the crime was factually or legally impossible to commit
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impossibility defense

Summary

impossibility defense ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • impossibility defense's subclass of is recorded as criminal defence[2].
  • impossibility defense's subclass of is recorded as impossibility[3].
  • impossibility defense's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03m9xjb[4].
  • impossibility defense's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1224tdzv[5].

Why It Matters

impossibility defense ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). impossibility defense. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/impossibility-defense
MLA “impossibility defense.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/impossibility-defense.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_impossibility-defense_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{impossibility defense}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/impossibility-defense}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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