lawsuit; suit; (legal) action; litigation
direct appeal; direct petition
accusation; complaint; charge; suit; legal action; legal proceedings
petition; complaint; (legal) brief
nonprosecution; nonindictment
appeal to a higher court; intermediate appeal
a suitor; an accuser; a complainant; an informant; sue; accuse
winning a (legal) case; victory (in a legal case)
appeal (to customers); solicitation (of business); rousing consumer interest (in a product)
non-prosecution; decision not to prosecute; dropping of charges; disposition not to prosecute
prosecution; indictment; impeachment
criminal complaint; lodging a criminal complaint (against someone)
divorce suit; divorce proceedings
tip-off; informing secretly; reporting secretly
complaint (of pain, suffering, etc.); appeal
appeal (e.g. of an advertisement)
civil action; civil suit; civil proceedings
class action; class-action suit; class-action lawsuit
matter for the court; (ending up as a) lawsuit; legal tussle; court fight
Code of Criminal Procedure
suspension of indictment; leaving charge on the file
facts constituting the offense charged; facts charged
limitation; prescription of the right to prosecute an accused; statute of limitation
imploring with tears in one's eyes
(public) prosecution; indictment; accusation
appellate court; court of appeal
legal proceedings; legal procedures; legal process
general malaise; unidentified complaint; all-round poor physical condition
criminal action; Code of Criminal Procedure
record (of legal proceedings in a court)
plea; entreaty; supplication
acquittal; dismissal (of a case)
original suit; main lawsuit; main action
criminal prosecution; criminal indictment
appeal made directly to a senior official without going through formalities
(Japanese) Civil Proceedings Act (1890, revised in 1926)
Code of Criminal Procedure
summary indictment; information (lodged, etc.)
access to courts; bringing an action
litigant; plaintiff; suitor
private prosecution; civil suit
supplementary suit; supplementary indictment
customer appeal; the power to appeal to customers
dismissal of an intermediate appeal
counteraction; counterclaim
grumbling or mumbling to oneself
procedural law (as opposed to substantive law)
indictment without arrest; house arrest; prosecution without physical restraint
appeals court; appellate court
lawsuit undertaken without legal representation; pro se lawsuit
act of litigation; act of procedure
copyright infringement suit
trial management (e.g. by the court)
pendency; pending litigation; pendente lite
right to take legal action; right to take action
administrative litigation (action)
litigation related to personal status (e.g. divorce actions)
Personal Status Actions Procedure Law (e.g. divorce actions)
litigation related to personal status (e.g. divorce actions)
Administrative Case Litigation Act
term in which an appeal may be filed
public prosecutor's appeal
person reporting to have symptoms (of a disease, etc.)
party not named in (this) court case; non-party; person outside a suit
Rules of Criminal Procedure
principle of compulsory prosecution (i.e. a public prosecutor must seek an indictment if evidence is sufficient)
mandatory indictment; indictment by a lay prosecution committee
(Japanese) Civil Proceedings Act (1890, revised in 1926)
Judge Indictment Committee
principle of discretionary prosecution (the right of a public prosecutor to exercise discretion in cancelling prosecution); principle of opportunity
class action lawsuit; class action
authority of prosecution; authority to indict
excessive or unreasonable legal action; vexatious litigation
civil action; civil suit; civil proceedings; (Japanese) Civil Proceedings Act (1890, revised in 1926)
Japanese lawsuit involving cases where hospitalized patients contracted Creutzfeld-Jakob disease from infected transplants