Ginmichu Tegusari - Ginmichu Tegusari

...It could be substituted for a fine, and sometimes it was imposed in addition to a fine (double punishment). Pretrial detention was avoided for minor crimes, and methods such as yado-azuke (lodging house) or mura-yoko (village detention) were used, in which the accused was confined in a kujiyado (official lodging house), relatives, or town or village officials, and hand chains were also used in combination (investigation during hand chains). It was also sometimes used as a means of demanding payment when a debtor who had lost a lawsuit over the receipt and withdrawal of gold and silver (kanekuji) did not pay. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "examination middle hand chain" is listed below.

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…過料と相互に代替することが可能で，また過料に併科(二重御仕置)する場合もあった。未決勾留は，軽微な犯罪ではなるべく入牢させず，公事宿（くじやど）や親類，町村役人に預けて監禁する宿預（やどあずけ）や村預等の方法が行われ，手鎖も併用された(吟味中手鎖)。このほか金銀出入り(金公事（かねくじ）)で敗訴した債務者が弁済に応じない場合に，督促する手段としても用いることがあった。…

※「吟味中手鎖」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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