Karita

Japanese: 苅田 - かりた

…Removing crops from the fields is a legitimate act of harvesting. Even when there was a dispute with another person, the act of “removing crops” based on the claim that one had a right to do so was not considered a tort in the Middle Ages as self-help. Ihering also argues that self-help is simply a restoration of rights by force, and that as an exercise of force deeply rooted in simple justice, it is necessary to harmonize with an orderly judicial system. …

From [Inspection]

…The criminal trial is only one aspect of the criminal trial. Kanda's violent bandits, theft, arson and night raids [Ushita Tokuhiko].

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…田の作物を苅り取ることは収穫という正当な行為である。他人と争いがあるときでも，自己に由緒ありという主張のもとにそれを行う〈苅田〉行為は，中世では自力救済として不法行為とはみなされなかった。イェーリングも自力救済は単なる力ずくの権利の回復であって，素朴な正義に深く根ざした実力行使として秩序ある司法制度と調和する必然性があると説いている。…