Resolution

Generally, it refers to the act of a council expressing a particular will by a majority vote of its members, or the matters that are expressed. In private law, typical examples are the resolutions of the general assembly of members of an incorporated association under the Civil Code, and the resolutions of the general shareholders' meeting and board of directors of a joint-stock company under the Commercial Code, all of which are legally binding. In contrast, in public law, resolutions are made in the Diet, each House of the Diet, each committee, and local assemblies as an expression of opinions and wishes, but unlike resolutions on bills and budget proposals, they are not legally binding. The same applies to supplementary resolutions to bills and budget proposals.

[Yamano Kazumi]

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一般に、合議体がその構成員の多数決によって特定の意思を表示する行為、またはその表示された事項。私法関係では、民法に定める社団法人の社員総会の決議、商法上、株式会社における株主総会や取締役会の決議が代表例で、いずれも法的拘束力を有する。これに対して公法上では、国会、各議院、各委員会のほか地方議会などで意見や希望の表明として決議が行われるが、法案、予算案の議決と異なり法的拘束力を有しない。法案、予算案の付帯決議も同様である。

［山野一美］

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