刑事訴訟における無罪判決

English translation: acquittal in criminal cases

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Japanese term or phrase:刑事訴訟無罪判決
English translation:acquittal in criminal cases
Entered by: miho828

03:19 Jun 11, 2002
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Japanese term or phrase: 刑事訴訟における無罪判決
米国法制史研究
miho828
Acquittal in criminal CASES
Explanation:
As for choice of the English word for 訴訟 in combination with 刑事, using "cases" seems to be more common than other words like lawsuits. See the big differences below.

<The numbers of hits by Google's search>

Criminal Cases: 1,100,000
Criminal Lawsuits: 77,900
Civil Cases: 1,310,000
Civil Lawsuits: 153,000

Satoshi

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ejprotran
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2Acquittal in criminal CASES
ejprotran
4acquittal in criminal lawsuits
Matthew Schlecht
4Not guilty verdicts (rulings) in criminal cases
Shinya Ono


  

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acquittal in criminal lawsuits


Explanation:
刑事訴訟 criminal lawsuits
無罪判決 acquittal

this is much better

Matthew Schlecht
United States
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Native speaker of: English
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Acquittal in criminal CASES


Explanation:
As for choice of the English word for 訴訟 in combination with 刑事, using "cases" seems to be more common than other words like lawsuits. See the big differences below.

<The numbers of hits by Google's search>

Criminal Cases: 1,100,000
Criminal Lawsuits: 77,900
Civil Cases: 1,310,000
Civil Lawsuits: 153,000

Satoshi



ejprotran
Local time: 19:52
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
PRO pts in pair: 143
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Matthew Schlecht: 'criminal cases' is preferable
7 hrs

agree  Katsuhiko KAKUNO, Ph.D.
1 day 18 hrs
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Not guilty verdicts (rulings) in criminal cases


Explanation:
判決 verdict or ruling is included.
[付記]アメリカには[無罪]はないということを説明する必要があるのではないでしょうか.

これは専門書なので "criminal suit or criminal law suit"でもよいのでは.


Shinya Ono
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