刑けい事じ上じょう

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

criminal; penal

Used in legal contexts to describe matters related to criminal law, as opposed to civil (民事上). Typically modifies nouns with の.

• 刑けい事じ上じょうの責せき任にんを問とわれる可か能のう性せいがある。

  There is a possibility of being held criminally responsible.

• これは刑けい事じ上じょうの問もん題だいではなく、民みん事じ上じょうの問もん題だいだ。

  This is not a criminal matter but a civil one.