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送達(そうたつ)

The delivery of a document in a court proceeding, such as a lawsuit, to the person it is for, by a procedure the law lays down: unless a provision says otherwise, the court carries…

Written by AI using Code of Civil Procedure, Arts. 98, 100 to 104, 106 to 112, 132-11, 138, 255, 285 as a reference.

口頭弁論(こうとうべんろん)

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(こうそ)

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(じょうこく)

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(しょうがくそしょう)

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(そしょうだいりにん)

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.

審査請求(しんさせいきゅう)

A request to an administrative agency (行政庁) to review a disposition (処分) the person objects to, or, where the person applied for a disposition under a law or regulation and a reaso…

Written by AI using Administrative Complaint Review Act, Arts. 1 to 4, 18, 25, 45 to 49, 51, 52 and Employees' Pension Insurance Act, Arts. 90, 91-2 as a reference.

record to be served

送達すべき電磁的記録(そうたつすべきでんじてききろく)

In Section 4 of Part I, Chapter V (service), an electronic or magnetic record (電磁的記録) to be served that has been recorded in the court's computer files (ファイル) under this Code or other laws and regulations.

tax treaty, etc.

租税条約等(そぜいじょうやくとう)

In Article 46, paragraph (6), Article 63, paragraph (5) and Article 71, paragraph (1), item (iv), the tax treaties (租税条約) Japan has concluded to avoid double taxation of income or prevent tax evasion, together with Japan's other international agreements that provide for exchanging information on the assessment or collection of taxes, assisting in collecting taxes or preserving property for their collection, or assisting in serving tax documents, as defined in Article 2, item (ii) of the Act on Special Provisions of the Income Tax Act, the Corporation Tax Act and the Local Tax Act Incidental to Enforcement of Tax Treaties, etc. (Act No. 46 of 1969).

租税条約等の実施に伴う所得税法、法人税法及び地方税法の特例等に関する法律(昭和四十四年法律第四十六号)第二条第二号(定義)に規定する租税条約等

electronic demand for payment

電子支払督促(でんししはらいとくそく)

In Part VIII, Chapter I (demand procedures), the electronic or magnetic record (電磁的記録) a court clerk (裁判所書記官) creates when issuing a demand for payment (支払督促), recording the order to pay or deliver under Article 382, the object of and grounds for the claim, and the parties and their legal representatives, together with a statement that a declaration of provisional enforceability (仮執行の宣言) will be made at the creditor's petition if the debtor does not lodge an objection (督促異議) within two weeks after being served.

次に掲げる事項を記録し、かつ、債務者がその送達を受けた日から二週間以内に督促異議の申立てをしないときは債権者の申立てにより仮執行の宣言をする旨を併せて記録した電磁的記録

particulars of the public notice

公示事項(こうじじこう)

What service by public notice must announce: the name of the document, the name of the person it is to be served on, and that the Minister of Justice will hand it to that person at any time.

同項に規定する公示事項

electronic written ruling

電子決定書(でんしけっていしょ)

In Article 10, paragraphs (3) and (4) and Article 11, paragraph (2), the electronic record (電磁的記録) of a court ruling issuing a protective order (秘密保持命令), or ruling on a petition to revoke one, made under Article 252, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure as applied by Article 122 of that Code and recorded in a file on the court's computer under Article 253, paragraph (2) as so applied.

民事訴訟法第百二十二条において準用する同法第二百五十二条第一項の規定により作成された電磁的記録(同法第百二十二条において準用する同法第二百五十三条第二項の規定により裁判所の使用に係る電子計算機(入出力…

electronic written order

電子決定書(でんしけっていしょ)

In Article 15(2), the electronic record (電磁的記録) — a record made in electronic, magnetic or another form that people cannot perceive with their senses and that is used for processing by computer — created under Article 252(1) of the Code of Civil Procedure as applied by Article 122 of that Code, in which the court makes its order under Article 15(1) allowing a plaintiff who named the wrong defendant to change it.

民事訴訟法(平成八年法律第百九号)第百二十二条において準用する同法第二百五十二条第一項の規定により作成された電磁的記録(電子的方式、磁気的方式その他人の知覚によつては認識することができない方式で作られ…

matters specified as individuals

個人特定事項(こじんとくていじこう)

In Article 24, paragraph (2), a person's name, address or other matter that would identify an individual, as defined in Article 201-2, paragraph (1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, here those covered by a measure taken under Article 271-2, paragraph (4) of that Code.

同法第二百一条の二第一項に規定する個人特定事項

designated security interest holder

被申立担保権者(ひもうしたてたんぽけんしゃ)

In Chapter VII, Section 2 (Articles 186 to 191), a holder of a security interest (担保権) that the bankruptcy trustee's (破産管財人) written petition names, under Article 186, paragraph (3), item (iv), as one to be extinguished.

party to the hearing

被聴取者(ひちょうしゅしゃ)

A foreign national who has been served with, or orally notified of, a notice of hearing of opinions (意見聴取通知書) under Article 22-4, paragraph (3) of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act before a decision on revoking their status of residence (在留資格).

purchase offer

買受けの申出(かいうけのもうしで)

In Chapter VII, Section 2 (Articles 186 to 191), an offer that a designated security interest holder (被申立担保権者) objecting to the bankruptcy trustee's petition to extinguish security interests may make to the trustee, within the period in Article 187, paragraph (1), that it or another person will buy the property concerned.

correspondence delivery

信書便(しんしょびん)

Correspondence delivery (信書便) as defined in Article 2, paragraph 2 of the Act on Correspondence Delivery by Private Business Operators, carried out by a general correspondence delivery operator (一般信書便事業者) or specified correspondence delivery operator (特定信書便事業者) under that Act, which this law allows alongside the post for sending notices and documents.

workplace

就業場所(しゅうぎょうばしょ)

The domicile, residence, place of business or business office of another person at which the person to be served works under employment, a mandate (委任) or another legal act — a place where documents may be served on them.

correspondence delivery

信書便(しんしょびん)

Delivery of other people's letters other than by post, as defined in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Correspondence Delivery by Private Business Operators, provided by a general or specified correspondence delivery operator under that Act.

address

住所等(じゅうしょとう)

In Subsection 2 (service of documents) of Section 4 of Part I, Chapter V, the domicile, residence, place of business or business office of the person to be served, where documents are served on them.

item of correspondence delivery

信書便物(しんしょびんぶつ)

A letter carried by correspondence delivery (信書便), together with its packaging and anything else enclosed, as defined in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Act on Correspondence Delivery by Private Business Operators; one sent in the ordinary way is presumed served when it would normally have arrived.

item of correspondence delivery

信書便物(しんしょびんぶつ)

A letter carried by correspondence delivery (信書便), together with its packaging and anything else enclosed, as defined in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Act on Correspondence Delivery by Private Business Operators; one sent in the ordinary way is presumed served when it would normally have arrived.

postal item, etc.

郵便物等(ゆうびんぶつとう)

In Articles 81 and 82 and Article 118, paragraph (5), mail (郵便物) or correspondence items (信書便物) as defined in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Act on Correspondence Delivery by Private Business Operators (Act No. 99 of 2002) addressed to the bankrupt (破産者), which the court may ask the delivery business to deliver to the bankruptcy trustee (破産管財人) instead.

postal items, etc.

郵便物等(ゆうびんぶつとう)

In Article 860-3, mail (郵便物) or correspondence items (信書便物) — letters, with their packaging and anything else enclosed, delivered by a correspondence delivery service under the Act on Correspondence Delivery by Private Business Operators — addressed to an adult ward (成年被後見人), which the family court may ask the delivery business to deliver to the adult guardian (成年後見人) instead.

anonymity ruling or similar measures

秘匿決定等(ひとくけっていとう)

In Article 133-4, paragraphs (1), (2) and (7), an anonymity ruling (秘匿決定), a ruling under Article 133-2, paragraph (2) limiting who may access the parts of the records containing the personal information of a person seeking anonymity, or a ruling under Article 133-3, paragraph (1) limiting who may access the records of an investigation the court commissioned into a party's address or identity.

correspondence delivery

信書便(しんしょびん)

Delivery of letters by a general or specified correspondence delivery operator as defined in Article 2 of the Act on Correspondence Delivery by Private Business Operators, one of the ways documents issued under the national tax laws may be served.