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misdemeanor

"lesser" criminal act in some common law legal systems
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misdemeanor

Summary

misdemeanor is a legal term or legal concept[1]. misdemeanor ranks in the top 5% of legal_term_or_legal_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,337 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • misdemeanor's instance of is recorded as legal term or legal concept[3].
  • misdemeanor's instance of is recorded as type of crime[4].
  • misdemeanor's main regulatory text is recorded as Strafgesetzbuch[5].
  • misdemeanor's main regulatory text is recorded as Penal Code of Estonia[6].
  • misdemeanor followed contravention[7].
  • misdemeanor was followed by felony[8].
  • misdemeanor is a type of violation of law[9].
  • misdemeanor's said to be the same as is recorded as delict[10].
  • misdemeanor's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[11].
  • misdemeanor's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • misdemeanor's different from is recorded as Q1643844[13].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include legal term or legal concept[3] and type of crime[4].

Why It Matters

misdemeanor ranks in the top 5% of legal_term_or_legal_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,337 views/month).[2] misdemeanor has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] misdemeanor is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → delict
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → violation of law
    Instance of → legal term or legal concept, type of crime
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 3699, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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