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法定果実 (houteikajitsu) Japanese meaning: civil fruits | Kotomora

法ほう定てい果か実じつ

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Meanings

1

civil fruits; legal fruits

Legal term for income or proceeds derived from property by operation of law, such as rent or interest, as opposed to natural fruits (天然果実).

法ほう定てい果か実じつには、家や賃ちんや利り息

そく

など

が

含ふく

ま

れる

。

Civil fruits include things like rent and interest.

Kanji

法method, law, rule
定determine, fix, establish
果fruit, reward, carry out
実reality, truth, seed

Related words

天てん然ねん果か実じつ
天然果実 refers to natural fruits (products of nature like crops or offspring of animals), while 法定果実 refers to legal fruits (income derived from property by legal right).

Built from

法ほう定てい+果か実じつ

Etymology

Compound of 法定 (legal, statutory) and 果実 (fruit, proceeds), used as a technical term in Japanese civil law.