直ちょく接せつ正せい犯はん

noun

direct principal offender; direct perpetrator

Legal term for a person who directly commits a crime, as opposed to an indirect principal (間接正犯). Used in criminal law contexts.

See also: 間接正犯

• 直ちょく接せつ正せい犯はんとは、自みずから犯はん罪ざいを実じっ行こうした者ものを指さす法ほう律りつ用よう語ごです。

  Direct principal offender is a legal term for a person who personally committed the crime.

• この事じ件けんでは、彼かれが直ちょく接せつ正せい犯はんとして起き訴そされた。

  In this case, he was indicted as the direct perpetrator.