The moncho-jo was a Kamakura era institution established by Minamoto no Yoritomo in 1184 as a board of inquiry that dealt with legal matters such as lawsuits and appeals. Most cases included land rights, business dealings and loans.[1] This court of appeals that dealt with property disputes that could not be settled at a lower level, which prevented a lot of unnecessary property-based warfare.
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edit- ^ Deal, William E. (2016). Handbook to Life in Medieval and Early Modern Japan. Oxford University Press. p. 92.
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