Court of Judicature and Revision

Court of Judicature and Revision
Đại lý tự ấn (大理寺印), the great seal of the Nguyễn dynasty's Court of Judicial Review.
Chinese name
Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDà Lǐ Sì
Wade–GilesTa4 Li3 Ssu4
Vietnamese name
VietnameseĐại lý tự
Manchu name
Manchu scriptᠪᡝᡳᡩᡝᠨ ᠪᡝ
ᡨᡠᠸᠠᠨᠴᡳᡥᡳᠶᠠᡵᠠ
ᠶᠠᠮᡠᠨ
Möllendorffbeiden be tuwancihiyara yamun

The Court of Judicature and Revision, also known as the Court of Judicial Review, was a central government agency in several imperial Chinese. From the Chinese, the system was also studied and implemented by Vietnamese dynasties. It was generally in charge of reviewing judicial proceedings at all administrative levels and singling out the cases for a retrial by court officials or the emperor himself. In China, the office was created during the Northern Qi dynasty (550–577) and continued until the Qing dynasty (1644–1912). In Vietnam, it was adopted by Lê Thánh Tông in 1466, and continued until the Nguyễn dynasty.

It was one of the Nine Courts and worked closely with the Ministry of Justice and the Censorate. During the Qing dynasty, it was the most prestigious of the Nine Courts.