Defendant - Defendant; Beklagter

Japanese: 被告 - ひこく（英語表記）defendant; Beklagter

In a civil or administrative lawsuit, the party against whom a lawsuit is filed, the passive party in the first instance lawsuit. A term used for the plaintiff. It must be specified in the complaint (Civil Procedure Code). Who is the defendant is generally considered to be formally determined by the description in the complaint. In criminal procedure, a person who is treated as a passive party, or a person against whom a lawsuit has been filed and a public prosecution has been filed, is called a defendant.

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Japanese:

民事訴訟，あるいは行政事件訴訟で，訴えの提起を受けた相手方の当事者で，第1審訴訟にあたっての受動的当事者の名称。原告に対する語。訴状によって特定されることが必要である (民事訴訟法) 。だれが被告かは一般に，訴状の表示によって形式的に定まるものとされる。刑事訴訟法では，受動的当事者として取り扱われる者，公訴の提起を受けて訴訟が係属中の者を被告人という。

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