noun
illegality; legal violation
Formal term for an act or state that is against the law; often used in legal or official contexts. Cross-referenced with 違法.
See also: 違法
その行為は非違にあたる可能性がある。
That act may constitute a legal violation.
noun
police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods)
Archaic abbreviation of 検非違使 (けびいし), the imperial police and judicial official of the Heian and Kamakura periods. Not used in modern Japanese outside historical contexts.
See also: 検非違使 (けびいし)
「非違」は、検非違使の略称として古文書に見られる。
非違 appears in old documents as an abbreviation of 検非違使.
Compound of 非 (hi, 'not, wrong') and 違 (i, 'violate, differ'). The historical derivation is straightforward; the archaic sense is a clipping of 検非違使.