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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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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 (8,037 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Main regulatory text: Strafgesetzbuch[3], Polish Penal Code[4]
  • Subclass of: crime[5], favors[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Perjury[7]
  • Commons gallery: Perjury[8]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[10], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11]
  • Practiced by: perjurer[12]
  • P14483: p/perjurio[13]

Why It Matters

perjury has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] perjury is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  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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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. 22d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → p/perjurio
    Harper's tag → perjury
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14483: p/perjurio, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275041|batch #275041]]"
  2. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Jean-de-Dieu Soult
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q296023, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  3. 12w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 12036
    P14483 → p/perjurio
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 12036, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167483210|PERJURY (#167483210)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] "
  4. 14w ago · EleJur · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → p/perjurio
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14483: p/perjurio, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/260063|batch #260063]]"
  5. 20w 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 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007565333805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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