Yes, handling

Japanese: 噯∥扱 - あつかい

Arbitration and mediation were used to resolve disputes in the Middle Ages and early modern times.
[middle ages]
In medieval Japanese society, the most common method of resolving disputes was the chunin system, in which the parties to a dispute entrusted the matter to a third party (singular or plural) called a chunin (mediator), tsukushishu, ishenshu, tchiryushū, hibishū, etc., who mediated through the mediation of the third party. This chunin system was used by people of all classes, including commoners, feudal lords, and daimyo, and was applicable to civil disputes such as loans, purchases, and land disputes, criminal cases such as sword fights and murder, and even wars.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中世･近世において紛争解決のために行われた仲裁･調停。
［中世］
　日本の中世社会の紛争解決手段として，一般的に行われたのは，紛争当事者が，中人(仲人)（ちゆうにん），扱衆，異見衆，立入衆，批判衆などと呼ばれた第三者(単数または複数)に解決をゆだね，その調停によって和解する噯(中人制)であった。この噯は，庶民，領主，大名など階層をとわず行われ，またその調停対象も，貸借･売買･土地あらそいなどの民事紛争，刃傷･殺人などの刑事事件，さらには合戦にまで適用されるものとして存在した。

出典　株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典第２版について　情報

<<: The Battle of Atsuga-Shima

>>: Rolling machine - Atsuenki