also: さとみち
non-legal public road; statutory public road (sometimes physically lost)
A legal term for a type of public road under the former Road Act that may no longer exist on the ground but retains legal status. Often encountered in property registration or land boundary disputes.
See also: 法定外公共物
We acquired the statutory public road and incorporated it into the residential land.
It was recorded in the registry as a statutory public road, but there was no trace of a road on the site.
Standard kanji form for the legal/administrative term.
Alternate reading; less common in legal contexts.
Compound of 里 (village, countryside) and 道 (road). The term is a legal designation from the former Road Act, referring to roads that were public but not formally designated as national or prefectural roads.