起き訴そ便べん宜ぎ主しゅ義ぎ

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Meanings

noun

principle of discretionary prosecution; principle of opportunity

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Legal term referring to the prosecutor's right to decide whether to bring charges, even when there is sufficient evidence. Used in Japanese criminal procedure.

日本にほんの刑けい事じ訴そ訟しょう法ほう

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起き

訴そ

便べん

宜ぎ

主しゅ

義ぎ

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て

いる

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Japanese criminal procedure law adopts the principle of discretionary prosecution.

起き訴そ便べん宜ぎ主しゅ義ぎにより、検けん察さつ官かんは事じ件けんを不ふ起き訴そにすることができる。

Under the principle of discretionary prosecution, a public prosecutor may decide not to indict a case.

Kanji

起rouse, wake up, get up
訴accusation, sue, complain of pain
便convenience, facility, excrement
宜best regards, good
主lord, chief, master
義righteousness, justice, morality

Related words

起き訴そ法ほう定てい主しゅ義ぎ
The opposite principle, where prosecution is mandatory when sufficient evidence exists. 起訴便宜主義 allows discretion, while 起訴法定主義 requires indictment.

Built from

起き訴そ+便べん宜ぎ主しゅ義ぎ

Etymology

Compound of 起訴 (prosecution), 便宜 (convenience, expediency), and 主義 (principle). The term is a direct translation of the Western legal concept 'principle of opportunity'.