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prosecution

lawsuit

lawsuit

presenting a case

appeal to a higher court

petition

accusation

nonprosecution

winning a (legal) case

loss of a (legal) case

(public) prosecution

prosecution

administrative litigation (action)

suspension of indictment

direct appeal

to raise

a suitor

civil action

access to courts

to lodge a complaint

complainant

chief complaint

(Japanese) Civil Proceedings Act (1890, revised in 1926)

party not named in (this) court case

appeal (e.g. of an advertisement)

to accuse

appeal (to customers)

appeal (in court)

private prosecution

counteraction

person reporting to have symptoms (of a disease, etc.)

direct petition

facts constituting the offense charged

to make an appeal

countersuit

authority of prosecution

to appeal to one's reason

prosecutor

supplementary suit

right to take legal action

complaint

limitation

test case

(the) prosecution

charge

lawsuit undertaken without legal representation

(written) indictment

to resort to violence

indictment committee

indictment without arrest

Code of Criminal Procedure

litigant

litigation related to personal status (e.g. divorce actions)

appellant

criminal complaint

amount in controversy

supplementary indictment

mandatory indictment

civil action

customer appeal

criminal action

petitioner

statute of limitations

criminal prosecution

lawsuit

procedural law (as opposed to substantive law)

(Japanese) Civil Proceedings Act (1890, revised in 1926)

appellate court

public prosecutor's appeal

litigant

petition of appeal

litigation related to personal status (e.g. divorce actions)

grounds for an appeal

term in which an appeal may be filed

acquittal

third-party action against execution

medical suit

(lawsuit) costs

class action

summary indictment

right of appeal

principle of compulsory prosecution (i.e. a public prosecutor must seek an indictment if evidence is sufficient)

appeal made directly to a senior official without going through formalities

original suit

criminal action

small claims lawsuit

Code of Criminal Procedure

shareholder lawsuit

appeals court

appeal trial

petition

Personal Status Actions Procedure Law (e.g. divorce actions)

record (of legal proceedings in a court)

Administrative Case Litigation Act

act of litigation

bypassing normal legal procedures and making a direct appeal to a top official (Edo period)

imploring with tears in one's eyes

general malaise

Judge Indictment Committee

trial management (e.g. by the court)

pendency

Administrative Appeals Tribunal

Japanese lawsuit involving cases where hospitalized patients contracted Creutzfeld-Jakob disease from infected transplants

grumbling or mumbling to oneself

divorce suit

Rules of Criminal Procedure

appeal

excessive or unreasonable legal action

dismissal of an intermediate appeal

principle of discretionary prosecution (the right of a public prosecutor to exercise discretion in cancelling prosecution)

copyright infringement suit

class action lawsuit

damages suit

complaint (of pain, suffering, etc.)

plea

false charges