軽けい禁きん錮こ

noun

minor imprisonment; imprisonment without hard labor

Obsolete legal term from the former Japanese Penal Code, referring to a lighter form of imprisonment without compulsory labor. Contrasts with 重禁錮 (major imprisonment).

See also: 重禁錮 (じゅうきんこ)

• 旧きゅう刑けい法ほうでは、軽けい禁きん錮こは重じゅう禁きん錮こより軽かるい刑けいだった。

  Under the old Penal Code, minor imprisonment was a lighter punishment than major imprisonment.