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再審請求 (saishinseikyuu) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

再さい審しん請せい求きゅう

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Meanings

1

petition for retrial; appeal for retrial

Legal term for a formal request to reopen a concluded case, typically after new evidence or procedural error.

弁べん護ご士しは再さい審しん請せい求きゅうの準じゅん備び

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The lawyer is preparing a petition for retrial.

Kanji

再again, twice, second time
審hearing, judge, trial
請solicit, invite, ask
求request, want, wish for

Related words

控こう訴そ
控訴 is an appeal to a higher court before the judgment becomes final, while 再審請求 is a request to reopen a case after the judgment is final.
上じょう告こく
上告 is an appeal to the Supreme Court, usually on constitutional grounds, before the judgment is final; 再審請求 is a post-finality retrial request.

Built from

再さい審しん+請せい求きゅう

Etymology

Compound of 再審 (retrial) and 請求 (request, claim).