勅ちょく裁さい

noun

imperial decision; imperial sanction

General term for a decision or approval given by an emperor. Used in historical and modern contexts where imperial authority is involved.

• 勅ちょく裁さいを仰あおぐため、大だい臣じんたちは宮きゅう中ちゅうに参さん内だいした。

  The ministers went to the Imperial Palace to seek the imperial decision.

noun

direct ruling of the Emperor (under the Meiji constitution)

Specific historical term referring to the Emperor's direct ruling authority under the Meiji Constitution. Rare in modern usage outside historical or legal discussions.

• 明めい治じ憲けん法ぽう下かでは、勅ちょく裁さいは天皇てんのうの大たい権けんの一ひとつとされていた。

  Under the Meiji Constitution, the direct ruling of the Emperor was considered one of the imperial prerogatives.