疏そ状じょう

noun

explanatory document; written defense; letter of justification

Archaic term for a formal written explanation or defense, used in historical or legal contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの裁さい判ばんでは、被ひ告こくが疏そ状じょうを提てい出しゅつして弁べん明めいすることがあった。

  In Edo-period trials, defendants sometimes submitted a written defense to explain their case.