控訴

• 読み: こうそ
• ローマ字: kouso
• 漢字の分解: 控 (kou) — restrain, appeal, withhold; 訴 (so) — accuse, sue, appeal
• 発音: /koː.so/

意味

Appeal to a higher court; intermediate appeal. The act of requesting a higher court to review a lower court's decision.

A noun and suru-verb specifically referring to an appeal from a district court (地方裁判所) to a high court (高等裁判所) in Japan's three-tier court system. Distinguished from 上告 (joukoku, final appeal to the Supreme Court). The full phrase 控訴する (kouso suru, to appeal) is standard legal language. Japan allows one intermediate appeal (控訴) and one final appeal (上告).

例文

1. 被告側は判決を不服として控訴した。
2. 控訴審は来月から始まる予定だ。
3. 一審の判決に対して控訴する権利がある。

使い方ガイド

場面: law, court proceedings, news

トーン: serious

起源と歴史

From Sino-Japanese: 控 (kou, restrain/appeal) + 訴 (so, accuse/sue). Literally 'to restrain and appeal' — seeking a higher authority to review and potentially reverse a decision.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal