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Medieval Japanese legal institution
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. 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.
