戸こ主しゅ権けん

noun

rights of the head of a household (obsolete law)

Historical legal term referring to the authority and privileges of the household head under the former family registration system (pre-1947). Now obsolete in modern Japanese law.

• 旧きゅう民みん法ぽうでは、戸こ主しゅ権けんは家か族ぞくに対たいする強つよい権けん限げんを含ふくんでいた。

  Under the old Civil Code, the rights of the household head included strong authority over family members.

• 戦せん後ごの法ほう改かい正せいで戸こ主しゅ権けんは廃はい止しされた。

  The rights of the household head were abolished in the postwar legal reforms.