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罪状認否 (ざいじょうにんぴ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

罪ざい状じょう認にん否ぴ

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Meanings

1

noun

arraignment; plea

Legal term for the formal reading of charges and the defendant's plea of guilty or not guilty.

被ひ告こく人にんは罪ざい状じょう認にん否ぴで無む罪ざいを主しゅ張ちょうした。
The defendant pleaded not guilty at the arraignment.
罪ざい

状じょう

認にん

否ぴ

手て

続つづ

き

は

来らい

週しゅう

行おこな

わ

れる

予よ

定てい

だ

。

The arraignment procedure is scheduled for next week.

Kanji

罪guilt, sin, crime
状status quo, conditions, circumstances
認acknowledge, witness, discern
否negate, no, noes

Similar words

起き訴そ
起訴 refers to the act of indictment or prosecution, while 罪状認否 is the subsequent court procedure where charges are read and a plea is entered.
公こう判はん
公判 is the public trial itself, whereas 罪状認否 is a preliminary step focused on the plea.

Etymology

Compound of 罪状 (criminal charge) and 認否 (acknowledgment or denial). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is a modern legal coinage.