入いり会あい権けん

noun

common rights; right of common

Legal term referring to the right of local residents to use a shared area (such as a forest or grassland) for gathering resources. Often used in the context of traditional Japanese commons (入会地).

• この村むらでは、入いり会あい権けんに基もとづいて住じゅう民みんが山やまで薪まきを採とることができる。

  In this village, residents can gather firewood in the mountains based on common rights.

• 入いり会あい権けんをめぐる争あらそいが裁さい判ばんで争あらそわれた。

  A dispute over common rights was fought in court.