原げん告こく適てき格かく

noun

standing to sue; legal standing

Legal term referring to whether a plaintiff has sufficient connection to and harm from the law or action challenged to support that party's participation in the case.

• 裁さい判ばん所しょは原げん告こく適てき格かくがないとして訴うったえを却きゃっ下かした。

  The court dismissed the lawsuit on the grounds that the plaintiff lacked standing.

• 環かん境きょう訴そ訟しょうでは原げん告こく適てき格かくが争そう点てんになることが多おおい。

  In environmental litigation, standing to sue is often a point of contention.