Filing a lawsuit - Filing a lawsuit

...When the decision to dismiss the charges becomes final, a new charge may be brought for the same crime only if new important evidence of the crime is discovered after the charges are dismissed (Articles 257 and 340). Note that in the Civil Procedure Law, the term "indictment" is not generally used, but "filing of a lawsuit," although in academic terms the term "indictment" is sometimes used (indictment order, settlement before indictment, etc.). [Noriyoshi Naganuma]...

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…この結果公訴棄却の決定が確定したときは，公訴の取消後犯罪事実につき新たに重要な証拠を発見した場合に限り，同一事件についてさらに公訴を提起することができる(257条，340条)。　なお，民事訴訟法では一般に起訴とはいわず，〈訴えの提起〉というが，講学上起訴という用語が用いられることもある(起訴命令，起訴前の和解など)。【長沼 範良】。…

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