判はん決けつ

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判決する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

A formal legal decision handed down by a court. Can also be used as a suru-verb (判決する) meaning 'to pass judgment' or 'to sentence'.

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裁さい判ばんN3
裁判 refers to the whole trial or court proceedings, while 判決 is the final verdict issued at the end of that process.
宣せん告こくN1
宣告 emphasizes the act of formally announcing a sentence, while 判決 is the legal decision or document itself.
判はん定ていN1
判定 is a general term for a ruling or decision (e.g., in sports or arbitration), while 判決 specifically denotes a court's verdict.
裁さい決けつN1
判決 usually refers specifically to a court's verdict in a lawsuit, while 裁決 is broader and covers administrative or quasi-judicial rulings as well.

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評ひょう決けつ
判決 is the formal judgment or sentence issued by a court or judge, while 評決 is the verdict reached by a jury or deliberating panel before such a judgment.
判はん例れい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.
沙さ汰た
判決 is the standard legal term for a court's verdict, while 沙汰 in this sense is a more formal or classical way to refer to a judgment.
量りょう刑けい
判決 is the court's overall ruling or verdict, while 量刑 refers specifically to the decision on the severity of punishment within that ruling.

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判はん例れいN1
判例 is a past court decision used as precedent, whereas 判決 is the specific judgment handed down in a particular case.
求きゅう刑けい
判決 is the court's final ruling on guilt and sentence, whereas 求刑 is only the prosecution's request made before that ruling is handed down.