重じゅう禁きん錮こ

noun

major imprisonment; imprisonment with hard labor

Obsolete legal term from the former Japanese Penal Code; a severe form of imprisonment that included compulsory hard labor. Replaced by modern 懲役 (ちょうえき).

See also: 軽禁錮 (けいきんこ)

• 旧きゅう刑けい法ほうでは、重じゅう禁きん錮こは軽けい禁きん錮こより重おもい刑けいだった。

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