株かぶ主ぬし代だい表ひょう訴そ訟しょう

noun

shareholder derivative lawsuit

A legal action brought by a shareholder on behalf of the corporation, typically against directors for breach of duty. In Japanese corporate law, this is a specific statutory right.

• 株かぶ主ぬし代だい表ひょう訴そ訟しょうを起おこすには、まず会かい社しゃに対たいして提てい訴そを請せい求きゅうしなければならない。

  To file a shareholder derivative lawsuit, you must first demand that the company bring the suit.

• 取とり締しまり役やくの不ふ正せい行こう為いに対たいして、株かぶ主ぬし代だい表ひょう訴そ訟しょうが提てい起きされた。

  A shareholder derivative lawsuit was filed against the directors for misconduct.