fictitious death

Japanese: 擬制的死亡 - ぎせいてきしぼう
fictitious death

...In other words, declarations of disappearance, certified death, and even official deletion of a person from the family register are legal techniques that were invented out of the need to treat someone as dead even if their whereabouts are unknown. (1) Declaration of disappearance The fictitious death most clearly stipulated in the Civil Code is the declaration of disappearance (Article 30 of the Civil Code) (see the entry on "disappearance"). This is a system in which, in cases where a person's whereabouts remain unknown for a long time, causing inconvenience and confusion to the person's family and interested parties, a person is deemed to have died under certain conditions. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "fictitious death" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…すなわち失踪宣告や認定死亡,さらには戸籍上の職権消除などは,いわば生死不明ながら〈死んだものとして処理する〉必要性から編み出された法技術である。(1)失踪宣告 民法上もっとも明りょうに規定されている擬制的死亡は,失踪宣告(民法30条)である(〈失踪〉の項目を参照)。それは,ある人の生死不明が永続したような場合,その人の家族や利害関係人に不便や困惑を与えることから,一定の要件のもとに,その人を死亡したものとみなす制度である。…

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