共きょう同どう正せい犯はん

noun

joint principal offense; co-perpetration

Legal term: a crime committed by two or more people acting together, where each participant is treated as a principal offender.

• 強ごう盗とう事じ件けんで、二人ふたりは共きょう同どう正せい犯はんとして起き訴そされた。

  In the robbery case, the two were indicted as joint principals.

• 共きょう同どう正せい犯はんが成せい立りつするには、共きょう謀ぼうの事じ実じつが必ひつ要ようとされる。

  For joint principal liability to be established, evidence of conspiracy is required.