大だい判はん事じ

noun

top-ranking judge (ritsuryō system)

Historical term for the highest judicial official under the ritsuryō legal codes of ancient Japan.

• 律りつ令りょう制せいでは、大だい判はん事じは太政官だいじょうかんの下もとで裁さい判ばんを統とう括かつした。

  Under the ritsuryō system, the top-ranking judge oversaw trials under the Grand Council of State.

noun

chief justice (1869-1875)

Historical title for the head of the judiciary during the early Meiji period, before the modern court system was established.

• 明めい治じ初しょ期き、大だい判はん事じは司し法ほう省しょうの長ちょう官かんとして裁さい判ばん制せい度どの整せい備びにあたった。

  In the early Meiji period, the chief justice worked on establishing the judicial system as the head of the Ministry of Justice.