断狱

Traditional form:

斷獄

Pinyin (reading):

duànyù

Definitions:

• to pass judgment on a legal case

Characters:

• 断 - to sever, to cut off, to interrupt
• 狱 - prison, jail; case; lawsuit

Traditional characters:

• 斷 - to sever, to cut off, to interrupt
• 獄 - prison, jail; case; lawsuit