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Version 15.0 > 16.0 (2023)
| Entry | After revision |
|---|---|
| 禁治産者 | (deleted) |
| 準禁治産者 | (deleted) |
| 短期消滅時効 | (deleted) |
| 担保権の実行 | (deleted) |
| 不特定物 | (deleted) |
| Entry | Before revision | After revision |
|---|---|---|
| 裏書 | endorsement | indorsement |
| 裏書人 | endorser | indorser |
| 裏書の連続 | uninterrupted series of endorsements | uninterrupted series of indorsements |
| 確定する | become final and binding | become final and binding; fix |
| 間接強制 | indirect compulsory execution | indirect enforcement |
| 起業者 | entrepreneur | entrepreneur; expropriator |
| 危険負担 | burden of risk | bearing of risk |
| 強行規定 | mandatory provision | mandatory rules |
| 強制執行 | (compulsory) execution | (judicial) enforcement |
| 業務上 | in the course of business; in the pursuit of social activities; by professional conduct | in the course of their duties |
| 現存利益 | actual enrichment | remaining benefit |
| 現に受けている利益 | actual enrichment | benefit that (the person) retains |
| 現に利益を受けている限度において | to the extent actually enriched | to the extent that (the person) retains a benefit |
| 後見開始の審判 | ruling for commencement of guardianship | (court) decision to establish a guardianship |
| 後見監督人 | supervisor of guardian | guardianship supervisor |
| 公示催告 | public notification | public notice to interested parties |
| 更生手続 | (corporate) reorganization proceedings | (corporate) reorganization proceeding |
| 催告 | demand; notice; requisition; demand letter | request (for action); demand (letter) |
| 催告の抗弁 | defense of demand | defense of no demand by obligee |
| 再生手続 | rehabilitation proceedings | rehabilitation proceeding |
| 時効期間 | period of prescription; period of statute of limitations | period of prescription; statute of limitations (period) |
| 時効の停止 | suspension of prescription; tolling of statute of limitations | suspension of prescription; tolling of the statute of limitations |
| 失踪の宣告 | adjudication of somebody's disappearance | declaration of presumed death |
| 支払の猶予 | grace of payment | (granting a) grace period for payment |
| 収用 | condemnation | expropriation |
| 消滅 | extinction; expiration; extinguishment; lapse | extinction; extinguishment |
| 成年後見監督人 | supervisor of guardian of adult | adult guardianship supervisor |
| 成年後見人 | guardian of adult | guardian of an adult; adult guardian |
| 代替執行 | execution by substitute | enforcement through substituted performance |
| 滞納処分 | disposition of delinquency | disposition to collect arrears |
| 追完 | subsequent completion | completion |
| 手続開始の決定 | order commencing … (proceedings) | order commencing … (proceeding) |
| 手続開始前の原因 | a cause occurring prior to the commencement of (rehabilitation) proceedings | a cause occurring prior to the commencement of (rehabilitation) proceeding |
| 動産 | movables | movables; movable property |
| 特定物 | specified things; identified goods | specific thing |
| 取消し | rescission; revocation | rescission; revocation; setting aside |
| 任意規定 | discretionary provision; default provision | default rules |
| 破産手続 | bankruptcy proceedings | bankruptcy proceeding |
| 判決による支払の猶予 | payment grace period pursuant to judgment | grace period for payment pursuant to judgment |
| 被補助人 | person under assistance | person under assistantship |
| 物上保証人 | third person mortgagor; third person pledgor; third person collateral provider | third-party collateral provider |
| 不動産 | real property | immovables; immovable property; real property |
| 法定代理人 | statutory agent | legal representative |
| 保佐開始の審判 | ruling for commencement of curatorship | (court) decision to establish a curatorship |
| 保佐監督人 | supervisor of curator | curatorship supervisor |
| 補助開始の審判 | ruling for commencement of assistance | (court) decision to establish an assistantship |
| 補助監督人 | supervisor of assistant | assistantship supervisor |
| 未成年後見監督人 | supervisor of guardian of a minor | supervisor of a minor's guardianship |
| 未成年後見人 | guardian of a minor | guardian of a minor; minor’s guardian |
| 民事執行 | civil execution | civil enforcement |
| 利益 | interest; enrichment; income; benefit | interest; benefit; income |
| Entry | Translation |
|---|---|
| （法定利率に関する）基準割合 | benchmark rate |
| 拘禁刑 | imprisonment |
| 時効の完成猶予 | postponement of (the) expiration (of the prescription period) |
| 時効の更新 | renewal of the period of prescription; renewal of (the) prescription (period) |
| 失踪者 | person presumed dead |
| 事変 | serious event; accident |
| 収用委員会 | expropriation committee |
| 消滅する | cease to exist; be extinguished; expire; lapse |
| 成年者 | adult |
| 直接強制 | direct enforcement |
| 電子記録債権 | electronically recorded monetary claim |
| 取引上の社会通念 | common sense trading practices |
| 併存的債務引受 | cumulative assumption of an obligation |
| 無記名証券 | bearer instrument |
| 免責的債務引受 | discharging assumption of an obligation |
| 連帯債権 | joint and several claim |