廷てい丁てい

noun

court attendant

Historical term for a low-ranking attendant or servant in a court of law, especially in pre-modern Japan. Not used in modern legal contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの奉ぶ行ぎょう所しょでは、廷てい丁ていが裁さい判ばんの雑ざつ務むを担になっていた。

  In the magistrate's office of the Edo period, court attendants handled miscellaneous duties during trials.