Dalisi

Dalisi^[1] (大理寺; variously interpreted as the Court of Judicature and Revision,^[2] the Court of Judicial Review,^[3] and the Office of Justice^[4]) was the central government's judicial body in ancient China responsible for handling criminal cases.^[5][6] It was also referred to as Jisi (棘寺) because interrogations of criminals sometimes took place under thorn trees.^[7] Ancient Vietnam followed ancient China's precedent and also established a similar institution.

Dalisi
Chinese name
Chinese	大理寺
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin dà lǐ sì Wade–Giles Ta4 Li3 Ssu4
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese	Đại lý tự
Manchu name
Manchu script	ᠪᡝᡳᡩᡝᠨ ᠪᡝ ᡨᡠᠸᠠᠨᠴᡳᡥᡳᠶᠠᡵᠠ ᠶᠠᠮᡠᠨ
Möllendorff	beiden be tuwancihiyara yamun