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禁治産者 (きんちさんしゃ, kinchisansha) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

禁きん治ち産さん者しゃ

き

ん

ち

さ

ん

しゃ

Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

legally incompetent person; person under guardianship

obsolete termlaw›

Obsolete legal term from the former Civil Code, replaced by 成年被後見人 (seinen-hikōken-nin) under the current adult guardianship system. Used only in historical or pre-reform legal contexts.

See also: 成年被後見人

旧きゅう民みん

法ぽう

で

は

、

禁きん

治ち

産さん

者しゃ

に

は

後こう

見けん

人にん

が

付つ

け

られ

た

。

Under the old Civil Code, a guardian was appointed for a legally incompetent person.

Kanji

禁prohibition, ban, forbid
治reign, be at peace, calm down
産products, bear, give birth
者someone, person

Related words

成せい年ねん被ひ後こう見けん人にん
Modern legal term that replaced 禁治産者 after the adult guardianship system reform. 禁治産者 is obsolete and should not be used in current legal contexts.

Word family

準じゅん禁きん治ち産さん者しゃ
quasi-incompetent person

Built from

禁きん治ち産さん+者しゃ

Etymology

Compound of 禁 (kin, 'prohibit'), 治 (chi, 'manage'), 産 (san, 'property'), and 者 (sha, 'person'). The term reflects the old legal concept of a person prohibited from managing their own property.