徒と刑けい

noun

penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor

A historical and legal term for a sentence of imprisonment that includes compulsory labor. In modern Japanese law, this term has been replaced by 懲役 (ちょうえき), but it may still appear in historical or comparative legal contexts.

• 旧きゅう刑けい法ほうでは、徒と刑けいは重じゅう労ろう働どうを伴ともなう刑けい罰ばつだった。

  Under the old penal code, 徒刑 was a punishment involving hard labor.

• この歴れき史し小しょう説せつには徒と刑けいの描びょう写しゃがよく出でてくる。

  Descriptions of penal servitude often appear in this historical novel.