検け非び違い使し

noun

police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods)

Historical term for a high-ranking official who combined police, judicial, and military duties in the Heian and Kamakura periods. Often translated as 'imperial police commissioner' or 'chief of the Kebiishi office'.

• 平へい安あん時じ代だい、検け非び違い使しは都みやこの治ち安あん維い持じを担たん当とうした。

  In the Heian period, the Kebiishi were responsible for maintaining public order in the capital.

• 検け非び違い使し庁ちょうは、警けい察さつと裁さい判ばん所しょの両りょう方ほうの機き能のうを持もっていた。

  The Kebiishi office had the functions of both a police force and a court.