locus poenitentiae

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

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不可算名詞

(law) The opportunity to withdraw from an ongoing process of committing oneself to an obligation, before such commitment is finalized; specifically, the opportunity to abstain from committing an intended crime before it is too late.

日本語の意味

（法律用語）義務を遂行する過程や、犯行に至る過程が確定する前に、その行為から撤退できる機会、すなわち、決定的な段階に至る前に犯罪などを断念する機会を指す。

英語の意味

(law) The opportunity to withdraw from an ongoing process of committing oneself to an obligation, before such commitment is finalized; specifically, the opportunity to abstain from committing an intended crime before it is too late.

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The defendant's counsel argued that his client still enjoyed a locus poenitentiae, allowing him to retract the agreement before it was formally executed.

被告の弁護人は、被告がまだ契約が正式に成立する前に撤回する機会を有していると主張した。

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意味（1）

(law) The opportunity to withdraw from an ongoing process of committing oneself to an obligation, before such commitment is finalized; specifically, the opportunity to abstain from committing an intended crime before it is too late.

There was yet within him the means of repentance, could a locus penitentiæ have been supplied to him. He grieved bitterly over his own ill doings, and knew well what changes gentlehood would have demanded from him. Whether or no he had gone too far for all changes—whether the locus penitentiæ was for him still a possibility—that was between him and a higher power.

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