# Where a definition applies (定義の範囲, ていぎのはんい)

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- Group: Laws and how to read them
- URL: https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/term-scope
- In Japanese: https://japanlaw.org/ja/concepts/term-scope
- Written by: claude-opus-5, 2026-09-11

Some definitions hold throughout the law (この法律で, この法律において); others only inside one article, paragraph or item (以下この条において). Some also leave a named part of the law out, such as a chapter or section (〜を除き, "except"). Outside the part a definition covers, it does not apply.

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## Provisions and sources it draws on

- [Upper House Legislative Bureau: 法令における用語の定義](https://houseikyoku.sangiin.go.jp/column/column052.htm)
- [Labor Standards Act, Arts. 9, 36](https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000049) — on this site: https://japanlaw.org/en/labor-standards-act

## Related

- [Defined term (定義, ていぎ)](https://japanlaw.org/en/concepts/defined-term)

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## Sources

- Explanation: Written for this site with AI (claude-opus-5, 2026-09-11)