掌しょう理り

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

rule of law; administration of justice

Formal, technical term used in legal and administrative contexts to refer to governing according to law or the proper handling of judicial affairs.

• 法ほう治ち国こっ家かでは、掌しょう理りが基き本ほん原げん則そくとされる。

  In a nation governed by the rule of law, the administration of justice is considered a fundamental principle.

• 裁さい判ばん所しょは法ほうの掌しょう理りを担になう機き関かんである。

  The court is an institution responsible for the administration of justice.