Temple Law - Jiinho

Japanese: 寺院法 - じいんほう

Written laws created individually at temples, and customary norms in temple society. There is no legal code that shows the existence of a unified norm, as there is with shogunate law and court noble law. Temple law can be broadly categorized into two types based on content. One is a non-worldly law that applies within the temple, and the other is a worldly law that applies to temple land. Temple law has temple law at its core, and from the Kamakura to the Nanboku-cho period, its scope expanded to include areas controlled by temple land. Temple law aims to maintain order within temples, and is basically the law of the monks' community that is inherent to Buddhist sects, and was established under the influence of Buddhist precepts and the ancient state law of soni-ryo, which controlled temples.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

寺院において個別的につくられる成文法，および寺院社会における慣習的規範。幕府法，公家法のように統一的規範の存在を示す法典は存在しない。寺院法は内容から大きく二つに分類できる。ひとつは寺内を対象とする出世間的な法であり，他は寺院領を対象とする世間的な法である。寺院法は寺内法を核とし，鎌倉～南北朝期にかけて寺領支配の領域にまで法の及ぶ範囲を拡大する。寺内法は寺内の秩序維持を目的としており，基本的には仏教教団が本来有する僧伽の法であり，仏教の戒律および古代国家による寺院統制法たる僧尼令の影響をうけ成立した。

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

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