The Legal Participants ontoterminology defines the types of legal participants in Classical Athens relevant to the corpus of Attic Oratory. A legal participant can be defined as "an individual or group who either proceeds over, judges, or is otherwise involved in a legal proceeding."

For more about ontoterminologies, visit the TEDI webpage. An ontoterminology follows the Aristotelian notion of definition in which a concept is a unique combination of essential characteristics (i.e. a characteristic that if removed would result in a different concept). Ontoterminology also uses the hypothesis that a term designates a concept.

The Legal Participants ontoterminology has terms in English and ancient Greek.

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Essential characteristics are grouped along the following axes:
1. Level of interest: How involved is a participant in the outcome of the event
2. Role in proceeding: What is the role of the participant in an event
3. Status: What citizenship status does the participant have
4. Stakes: What are the consequences for a participant