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簡易裁判所
One of the four kinds of lower court (下級裁判所) beneath the Supreme Court, with the high courts (高等裁判所), the district courts (地方裁判所) and the family courts (家庭裁判所) (Courts Act, Article…
Written by AI using Courts Act, Arts. 1, 2, 33 and Civil Mediation Act, Art. 3 as a reference.
裁判上の和解
A settlement (和解) is an agreement in which the parties each give way to end a dispute between them (Civil Code, Article 695). A judicial settlement is one reached in court proceedi…
Written by AI using Civil Code, Art. 695, Code of Civil Procedure, Arts. 89, 267, 275, Civil Enforcement Act, Art. 22 and Civil Mediation Act, Arts. 16, 17, 18 as a reference.
口頭弁論
The hearing at which the parties to a civil lawsuit or another court proceeding put their case to the court by speaking: the parties must argue a lawsuit before the court in oral a…
Written by AI using Code of Civil Procedure, Arts. 87, 87-2, 140, 148, 158 to 161, 249, 251, 263, 276, 312 as a reference.
控訴
An appeal against a final judgment that a district court (地方裁判所) gave at first instance, or against a summary court's (簡易裁判所) final judgment (Code of Civil Procedure, Article 281,…
Written by AI using Code of Civil Procedure, Arts. 96, 116, 281, 284 to 286, 292, 293, 296, 298, 302 to 305, 377 and Courts Act, Arts. 16, 24 as a reference.
上告
The appeal against a judgment of second instance, and against a high court's judgment at first instance: it goes to the Supreme Court (最高裁判所) against a final judgment a high court…
Written by AI using Code of Civil Procedure, Arts. 281, 285, 311 to 315, 318, 319, 321, 325 to 327 as a reference.
少額訴訟
A lawsuit in a summary court (簡易裁判所), heard and decided under rules of its own, on a claim to be paid money where the amount in dispute is 600,000 yen or less; the plaintiff asks f…
Written by AI using Code of Civil Procedure, Arts. 146, 368 to 381 and Civil Enforcement Act, Art. 22 as a reference.
訴訟代理人
A person who carries on a lawsuit on behalf of a party. Apart from an agent whom a law or regulation allows to act in court, only an attorney (弁護士) may be one, though in a summary…
Written by AI using Code of Civil Procedure, Arts. 34, 36, 42, 47, 54 to 59, 132-11 and Civil Provisional Remedies Act, Art. 1 as a reference.
指定簡易裁判所
In Articles 397 to 399, a summary court (簡易裁判所) that the Rules of the Supreme Court (最高裁判所規則) designate as a court handling demand procedures (督促手続) under Part VIII, Chapter II, where an application for a demand for payment (支払督促) may be filed using an electronic data processing system (電子情報処理組織).
許可状
A warrant issued in advance by a district court or summary court judge that lets tax officials inspect premises, search, or seize items in investigating a criminal tax case (犯則事件).
許可状
A warrant (許可状) issued in advance by a judge of a district court or summary court under Article 22-4, paragraph 1 or 3, under which a tax official (徴税吏員) investigating a tax offence (犯則事件) may inspect, search or seize, or make a seizure with a recording order (記録命令付差押え); the word means this throughout the subsection except in Article 22-19, paragraphs 4 and 5.
許可状
A warrant issued in advance by a judge that lets an immigration control officer inspect premises, search or seize things in a violation investigation.
許可状
In Chapter IX, except Article 222-3, paragraphs (4) and (5), a warrant issued in advance by a judge of a district court or summary court — with jurisdiction over the seat of the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission (証券取引等監視委員会), or in urgent cases over the place concerned — under which a Commission official (委員会職員) investigating a criminal case (犯則事件) may inspect premises, search, seize, or carry out a seizure with a recording order (記録命令付差押え).