無む期き懲ちょう役えき

noun

life imprisonment; indefinite imprisonment

Legal term for a sentence of imprisonment without a fixed term; in practice, parole may be possible after a certain period.

• 裁さい判ばん官かんは被ひ告こく人にんに無む期き懲ちょう役えきの判はん決けつを言いい渡わたした。

  The judge handed down a sentence of life imprisonment to the defendant.