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defense

in law, attempt to avoid criminal or civil liability
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defense

Summary

defense is a legal term or legal concept[1]. defense draws 432 Wikipedia views per month (legal_term_or_legal_concept category, ranking #146 of 484).[2]

Key Facts

  • defense's instance of is recorded as legal term or legal concept[3].
  • defense's instance of is recorded as rule[4].
  • defense is a type of protection[5].
  • defense comprises legal capacity[6].
  • defense's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Defense (legal)[7].
  • defense's different from is recorded as mitigating factor[8].

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Designation and Status

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

Why It Matters

defense draws 432 Wikipedia views per month (legal_term_or_legal_concept category, ranking #146 of 484).[2] defense has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] defense is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). defense. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/defense
MLA “defense.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/defense.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_defense_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{defense}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/defense}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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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. 12d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → defense-criminal-procedure
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: defense-criminal-procedure, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289919165|defense criminal procedure (#289919165)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/"
  2. 7w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → d9uRO
    Instance of → legal term or legal concept, rule
    Has part(s) → legal capacity
    Has parts → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
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