hội thẩm
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Definition
- Noun:
- People's juror: A citizen elected or appointed to participate in judicial proceedings alongside professional judges in certain courts, contributing to the panel's verdict.
- Lay assessor: A non-professional judge who sits with and assists career judges in hearing and deciding cases, representing the community's perspective.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Phiên toà có sự tham gia của một hội thẩm. (The trial involved the participation of a people's juror.)
- Vị hội thẩm đó đặt nhiều câu hỏi rất sắc sảo. (That lay assessor asked many very sharp questions.)
- Hội thẩm và thẩm phán cùng thảo luận để đưa ra phán quyết. (The people's juror and the judge deliberated together to reach a verdict.)
Advanced Usage
- The role of a hội thẩm is a key component in the Vietnamese judicial system, emphasizing the principle of "people participating in the work of judgment."
- In some contexts, the term can be part of the official title for a panel, such as Hội đồng xét xử gồm các thẩm phán và hội thẩm (The adjudicating panel consists of judges and people's jurors).
Variants and Related Words
- Hội thẩm nhân dân: People's assessor. This is the full, formal title.
- Cô ấy được bầu làm hội thẩm nhân dân của quận. (She was elected as a people's assessor for the district.)
Synonyms
- Lay judge: A non-professional who assists in judicial decisions.
- Assessor: An official who assists a judge or magistrate, particularly by contributing specialized or community knowledge.
- People's assessor: Direct synonym emphasizing the representative role.
Related Terms (Not Synonyms)
- Thẩm phán: Judge. A professional, career judicial officer.
- Hội đồng xét xử: Adjudicating panel or judicial council. This is the collective body that includes both judges and people's jurors.
- Bồi thẩm đoàn: Jury. A group of citizens who decide the verdict independently, which is a different system from the hội thẩm model.
- People's juror