Jikendan (voluntary ruling and judging) refers to rural communities in medieval Japan such as soson (a community consisting of peasants' self-governing association) and goson (autonomous village) that conduct a kendan (trial) by themselves. |
自検断(じけんだん)とは、中世日本の村落(惣村・郷村など)が、自ら検断(けんだん)を実施することをいう。 |