中ちゅう流る

noun

middle-degree banishment; banishment to a somewhat distant province

Historical term from the ritsuryō legal system. Refers to the middle of three levels of banishment, involving exile to a province at a moderate distance from the capital.

See also: 三流 (さんる)

• 律りつ令りょう制せいでは、中ちゅう流るは遠えん流るより軽かるい追つい放ほう刑けいだった。

  Under the ritsuryō system, chūru was a lighter form of banishment than enru (distant exile).

• 中ちゅう流るに処しょせられた者ものは、都みやこから中ちゅう程てい度どの距きょ離りにある国くにへ送おくられた。

  Those sentenced to chūru were sent to a province at a moderate distance from the capital.