| Therefore, when making a judgment for a suspect who should have been administered to a punishment above the Tataki punishment (basically, beating), the matter had to be submitted for the judgment of Roju (the second-highest post in the bakufu government). |
そのため、敲き（たたき）刑以上の刑罰に問うべき容疑者の裁定に際しては老中の裁可を仰ぐ必要があった。 |