鑑かん定てい留りゅう置ち

noun

detention for psychiatric evaluation; confinement pending expert assessment

Legal term under the Code of Criminal Procedure: a suspect may be held in a medical institution for a fixed period so that mental or physical examinations can be conducted.

• 裁さい判ばん所しょは被ひ告こく人にんの精せい神しん状じょう態たいを調しらべるため、鑑かん定てい留りゅう置ちを認みとめた。

  The court approved detention for psychiatric evaluation in order to examine the defendant's mental state.

• 鑑かん定てい留りゅう置ちの期き間かんは、必ひつ要よう最さい小しょう限げんでなければならない。

  The period of confinement for expert assessment must be kept to the necessary minimum.