刑けい事じ補ほ償しょう

noun

criminal indemnity; compensation for wrongful conviction

Legal term for state compensation paid to a person who was wrongfully convicted or detained. Used in formal and legal contexts.

• 無む罪ざい判はん決けつを受うけた被ひ告こく人にんは、刑けい事じ補ほ償しょうを請せい求きゅうした。

  The defendant who received a not-guilty verdict filed a claim for criminal indemnity.

• 刑けい事じ補ほ償しょう法ほうに基もとづき、拘こう置ち日にっ数すうに応おうじた金きん額がくが支し払はらわれる。

  Under the Criminal Indemnity Act, an amount is paid according to the number of days detained.