現げん住じゅう建けん造ぞう物ぶつ

noun

inhabited building

Legal term used in criminal law, especially in arson and building damage offenses, to refer to a building where people actually live or work.

• 現げん住じゅう建けん造ぞう物ぶつに放ほう火かすると、罪つみが重おもくなる。

  Setting fire to an inhabited building carries a heavier penalty.

• 刑けい法ほうでは、現げん住じゅう建けん造ぞう物ぶつと非ひ現げん住じゅう建けん造ぞう物ぶつを区く別べつしている。

  The Penal Code distinguishes between inhabited and uninhabited buildings.