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perjury

intentional act of swearing a false oath or of falsifying an affirmation to tell the truth
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perjury

Summary

perjury is a legal term or legal concept[1]. perjury ranks in the top 2% of legal_term_or_legal_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (679 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • perjury's instance of is recorded as legal term or legal concept[3].
  • perjury's main regulatory text is recorded as Strafgesetzbuch[4].
  • perjury's main regulatory text is recorded as Polish Penal Code[5].
  • perjury is a type of crime[6].
  • perjury is a type of favors[7].
  • perjury's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Perjury[8].
  • perjury's Commons gallery is recorded as Perjury[9].
  • perjury's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10].
  • perjury's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[11].
  • perjury's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12].
  • perjury's practiced by is recorded as perjurer[13].
  • perjury's P14483 is recorded as p/perjurio[14].

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Definition and Type

perjury's instance of is recorded as legal term or legal concept[3]. Recorded subclass of include crime[6] and favors[7].

Why It Matters

perjury ranks in the top 2% of legal_term_or_legal_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (679 views/month).[2] perjury has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] perjury is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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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.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → p/perjurio
    Harper's tag → perjury
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14483]]: p/perjurio, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275041|batch #275041]]"
  2. 10w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Jean-de-Dieu Soult
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q296023, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  3. 10w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 12036
    P14483 → p/perjurio
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8590]]: 12036, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167483210|PERJURY (#167483210)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #mix"
  4. 12w ago · EleJur · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → p/perjurio
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14483]]: p/perjurio, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/260063|batch #260063]]"
  5. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Practiced by → perjurer
    Main regulatory text → Strafgesetzbuch, Polish Penal Code
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → crime, favors
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007565333805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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