有ゆう期き刑けい

noun

definite-term sentence; fixed-term imprisonment

Legal term for a prison sentence with a set duration, as opposed to a life sentence (無期刑).

• 裁さい判ばん所しょは被ひ告こくに有ゆう期き刑けいを言いい渡わたした。

  The court handed down a definite-term sentence to the defendant.

• 有ゆう期き刑けいの上じょう限げんは法ほう律りつで定さだめられている。

  The maximum length of a fixed-term sentence is set by law.