Acht

...However, for example, in the Germanic ancient law, the following two groups of acts were treated as exceptions: acts that threatened the existence of the national community and acts that were "expressions of dishonorable feelings." The perpetrators were punished with the deprivation of peace guaranteed by the community (Friedlosigkeit) and the form of total execution (called Acht, or persecution) in which all members of the community were obligated to kill. In addition, summary killing was permitted only in cases of flagrante delicto, under special procedures.

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…しかし，たとえば，ゲルマン古法中では，次の2群の行為は例外的扱いを受ける。すなわち，国家的共同体の存立を脅かす行為と〈不名誉な心情の発露行為〉であって，その行為者は，共同体が保障する平和の剝奪(平和喪失Friedlosigkeit)をもって罰せられて，共同体全成員が殺害義務を負うという総手的処刑の形態(アハトAcht＝迫害とよばれる)がとられる。このほか，現行犯の場合に限り，特別の手続のもとに即時的殺害が許される。…

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