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Law/Patents - Law (general) | | Chinese term or phrase: 不起诉处分书 | | Know what it is but I am looking for the proper English legal term |
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| | No bill decision. | Explanation:
This is a US term. e.g. Where the grand jury no bills charges against a defendant, court permission is ... If the grand jury no bills the charges, the defendant is to be released. ...
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billychang
Local time: 20:26
| Grading comment Thanks both guys, both are credible answers but this seems to be used more int he US whereas 'ruling not to prosecute' seems to be used in the UK. The translation is for the US, so I chose this
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1 hr confidence:  peer agreement (net): +1 | 不起诉处分书 No bill decision.
Explanation:
This is a US term. e.g. Where the grand jury no bills charges against a defendant, court permission is ... If the grand jury no bills the charges, the defendant is to be released. ...
| billychang
Local time: 20:26
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| | Grading comment | Thanks both guys, both are credible answers but this seems to be used more int he US whereas 'ruling not to prosecute' seems to be used in the UK. The translation is for the US, so I chose this |
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11 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1 | 不起诉处分书 Ruling not to prosecute
Explanation:
The is the term Messrs. Lawrence Fuller, Jur.D., Univ. of Michigan, and Henry Fisher, MA, Standford Univ. have used in their translation of the Code of Criminal Procedure, in "Laws of the Republic of China" Series I, edited by Raymond Chu, et al., published 1961 by Council for U.S. Aid, Taipei, Taiwan. A ruling is a decision of the court or a prosecutor.
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