noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
collective punishment by association; extending criminal liability to family members
Historical legal system in pre-modern Japan where a criminal's family members could be punished for the same crime. Now a historical term; the concept is sometimes referenced in discussions of guilt by association.
江戸時代には縁座の制度があった。
In the Edo period, there was a system of collective punishment by association.
彼は縁座で
He was punished under the guilt-by-association system.