also: どくほう
noun
independent administrative institution; incorporated administrative agency
Abbreviation of 独立行政法人. Used in legal, governmental, and administrative contexts to refer to public bodies that operate independently of the central government.
See also: 独立行政法人
独法の職員は国家公務員ではない。
Employees of independent administrative institutions are not national civil servants.
この研究は独法の助
noun
German law
Rare term; refers to the legal system of Germany. Not commonly used in modern Japanese; ドイツ法 is the standard expression.
独法という言葉は、ドイツ法の意味で使われることはほとんどない。
The word 独法 is almost never used to mean German law.
This research was conducted with a grant from an independent administrative institution.
Abbreviation of 独立行政法人 (independent administrative institution). The rare sense 'German law' is a contraction of 独逸 (Germany) + 法律 (law), but this usage is largely obsolete.