法ほうの欠けん缺けつ

expression

gap in the law; legal lacuna

A legal term referring to a situation where existing law does not cover a particular case or issue.

• この事じ件けんは法ほうの欠けん缺けつに当あたるため、裁さい判ばん官かんは判はん例れいを参さん考こうにした。

  Because this case falls under a gap in the law, the judge referred to precedents.