特とく別べつ抗こう告こく

noun

special appeal to the Supreme Court

A Japanese legal procedure: an appeal (抗告) against a high court ruling that is filed directly with the Supreme Court, permitted only on constitutional grounds or serious procedural errors. Not a general appeal.

• 弁べん護ご士しは憲けん法ぽう違い反はんを理り由ゆうに特とく別べつ抗こう告こくを申もうし立たてた。

  The lawyer filed a special appeal to the Supreme Court on the grounds of a constitutional violation.