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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 has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[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].

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Designation and Status

perjury's instance of is recorded as legal term or legal concept[3].

Why It Matters

perjury has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] perjury is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  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] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 8d 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]]"
  2. 7w 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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