registered domicile in the family register
Archaic legal term for one's officially registered domicile as recorded in the family register (koseki).
In the Meiji-era family registers, each person's registered domicile was recorded.
being under the control of a local authority
Obsolete Meiji-era term referring to the status of being under the jurisdiction of a local government office.
The system of being under local authority was used to determine the jurisdiction of local administration.