未み決けつ囚しゅう

noun

unconvicted prisoner; prisoner awaiting trial

Legal term for a person detained while their trial is pending; contrasts with 既決囚 (convicted prisoner).

See also: 既決囚

• 未み決けつ囚しゅうは裁さい判ばんが終おわるまで拘こう置ち所しょに収しゅう容ようされる。

  Unconvicted prisoners are held in a detention center until their trial concludes.