一いっ審しん

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Meanings

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first trial; first instance

Legal term for the initial court hearing or trial in a multi-tier judicial system. Often contrasted with 二審 (second instance) and 最高裁 (Supreme Court).

一いっ審しんで無む罪ざい判はん決けつが出でたが、検けん察さつは控こう訴そした。
A not-guilty verdict was handed down at the first trial, but the prosecution appealed.
この事じ件けんは一いっ審しんから最さい高こう裁さいまで争あらそわれた。
This case was fought from the first instance all the way to the Supreme Court.

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Usage patterns

一いっ審しんで〈動どう詞し〉to win/lose or be decided at the first trial
被ひ告こくは一いっ審しんで敗はい訴そした。
The defendant lost the case at the first trial.
一いっ審しんの判はん決けつthe ruling handed down at the first trial
控こう訴そ審しんは一いっ審しんの判はん決けつを支し持じした。
The appellate court upheld the ruling of the first trial.
一いっ審しんから〈場ば所しょ〉へto move on from the first trial to a higher court
事じ件けんは一いっ審しんから控こう訴そ審しんに持もち込こまれた。
The case was brought from the first trial to the appellate court.