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執行猶予 (しっこうゆうよ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
suspended sentence ; stay of execution
yojijukugo (four-character idiom)
Legal term for a suspended prison sentence, where execution of the sentence is postponed for a probationary period. Often used in the phrase 執行猶予が付く or 執行猶予付きの判決.
If you commit another crime while on a suspended sentence, you are likely to serve actual prison time.
Kanji 執 tenacious, take hold, grasp 行 going, journey, carry out 予 beforehand, previous, myself Similar words 実じっ 刑けい 実刑 refers to an actual prison sentence served immediately, in contrast to 執行猶予 which suspends the sentence.
保ほ 護ご 観かん 察さつ 保護観察 is probation or supervision, which may be attached to a suspended sentence (執行猶予付き保護観察).
Etymology Compound of 執行 (execution, carrying out) and 猶予 (postponement, grace). The term is a direct legal borrowing from Western legal concepts, likely via translation in the Meiji era.
