Antime Conviction - Antime Conviction

...It is a judicial term related to the evaluation of evidence, and refers to an inner judgment or state of consciousness regarding the existence or non-existence of a fact. It originates from the idea of ​​intime conviction in French law, which means "inner conviction," and in Japan, it has been translated as "impression" since the early Meiji period. It is often used to refer to judges who determine facts based on evidence. In the process of trying a case, judges come into contact with each piece of evidence, evaluate its probative value, and gradually build up their conviction about the existence or non-existence of the fact by accumulating and synthesizing it. ...

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…証拠の評価に関する裁判上の用語で，事実の存否に対する内心の判断，意識の状態をいう。〈内的確信〉を意味するフランス法のアンティーム･コンビクシヨンintime convictionの観念に由来し，日本では明治初期からこれが〈心証〉と訳されて用いられている。とくに証拠に基づき事実を認定する裁判官について用いられる場合が多い。裁判官は事件を審理する過程で，個々の証拠に接してこれらの証明力を評価し，それを集積･総合しながら，しだいに事実の存否に対する確信をつくりあげていく。…

※「アンティーム・コンビクション」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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