掌しょう理り

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

rule of law; administration of justice

Formal, technical term used in legal and administrative contexts to refer to governing according to law or the proper handling of judicial affairs.

• 法ほう治ち国こっ家かでは、掌しょう理りが基き本ほん原げん則そくとされる。

  In a nation governed by the rule of law, the administration of justice is considered a fundamental principle.