一いち事じ不ふ再さい議ぎ

noun

principle of not resuming debate on a bill voted down in the same Diet session

A parliamentary rule in Japan's National Diet: once a bill is rejected, it cannot be reintroduced during the same session. A technical term used in political and legal contexts.

• 一いち事じ不ふ再さい議ぎの原げん則そくにより、否ひ決けつされた法ほう案あんは同おなじ会かい期き中ちゅうに再さい提てい出しゅつできない。

  Under the principle of 一事不再議, a bill that has been voted down cannot be resubmitted during the same session.