判はん例れい

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Meanings

noun

judicial precedent; leading case; prior case

law

Legal term for a court decision that serves as an authoritative example for future similar cases. Used in legal writing, news, and formal discussion.

最さい高こう裁さい判ばん所しょの判はん例れいは下か級きゅう裁さい判ばん所しょを拘こう束そくする。
Supreme Court precedents bind lower courts.
この判はん例れいは後のちの同どう種しゅの事じ件けんに大おおきな影えい響きょうを与あたえた。
This precedent had a major impact on later similar cases.

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Usage patterns

判はん例れいに基もとづくto be based on a (legal) precedent
この判はん決けつは過か去この判はん例れいに基もとづいている。
This ruling is based on a past precedent.
判はん例れいを確かく立りつするto establish a legal precedent
最さい高こう裁さいはこの分ぶん野やで重じゅう要ような判はん例れいを確かく立りつした。
The Supreme Court established an important precedent in this area.
判はん例れいに従したがうto follow a precedent
下か級きゅう裁さい判ばん所しょは上じょう級きゅう裁さい判ばん所しょの判はん例れいに従したがう。
Lower courts follow the precedents set by higher courts.
判はん例れいを引いん用ようするto cite a precedent
弁べん護ご士しは有ゆう利りな判はん例れいを引いん用ようして主しゅ張ちょうした。
The lawyer cited a favorable precedent to support his argument.

Kanji

判judgement, judgment, signature
例example, custom, usage

Related words

判はん決けつN1
判決 is the actual court ruling or verdict in a specific case, while 判例 refers to that ruling's value as a precedent for future cases.
先せん例れいN1
先例 is a general term for any prior example or precedent in any field, whereas 判例 is specifically a judicial precedent from a court case.
前ぜん例れいN1
前例 can be any prior case in general contexts, while 判例 is specifically a court's prior ruling used as legal precedent.

Don't confuse with

判はん決けつN1
判例 is a past court decision used as precedent, whereas 判決 is the specific judgment handed down in a particular case.
先せん例れいN1
判例 specifically means a court's prior ruling (case law), while 先例 is broader and can apply to any precedent, legal or administrative.

Word family

判はん例れい集しゅう
law reports; casebook
判はん例れい違い反はん
contravention of precedent

Etymology

Compound of 判 (judgment) and 例 (example, precedent). The term is a direct adaptation of the Western legal concept of judicial precedent, established in modern Japanese legal terminology.