Ministry of Justice | |||||||||
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Chinese | 都官 | ||||||||
Literal meaning | Capital officials | ||||||||
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Chinese | 刑部 | ||||||||
Literal meaning | Punishment(s) Department | ||||||||
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Manchu name | |||||||||
Manchu script | ᠪᡝᡳᡩᡝᡵᡝ ᠵᡠᡵᡤᠠᠨ | ||||||||
Möllendorff | beidere jurgan |
The Ministry or Board of Justice was one of the Six Ministries under the Department of State Affairs in imperial China.
Under the Ming, the Ministry of Justice had charge of most judicial and penal processes, but had no authority over the Censorate or the Grand Court of Revision.[1]