Personal Status Actions Procedure Law
A specific Japanese law governing procedures for personal status actions such as divorce, adoption, and parentage. Used in legal contexts.
The Personal Status Actions Procedure Law prescribes the procedures for divorce actions.
Compound of 人事 (personal status), 訴訟 (litigation), 手続き (procedure), and 法 (law). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is a modern legal designation.