abandonment (crime); criminal abandonment
Legal term for the crime of abandoning a person under one's protection, such as a child, elderly person, or sick individual. Refers to the offense defined in the Japanese Penal Code.
He was arrested for criminal abandonment.
The crime of abandonment is stipulated in Article 218 of the Penal Code.
A more specific crime of abandonment by a person responsible for protection, often used in legal contexts alongside 遺棄罪.
abandonment of a corpse; concealment of a dead body
Compound of 遺棄 (abandonment) + 罪 (crime). The term is a legal construct used in the Japanese Penal Code.