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Uigeumbu
(in
Hangul
:義禁府, in
Hanja
: 義禁府) refers to the judiciary body during
Goryeo
and
Joseon dynasty
in Korea. Other names are Geum-o or Wangbu (The ministry of the King). This government office was in charge of questioning in cases of treason or interrogating felons.
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Uigeumbu takes the equivalent position of today's
Supreme Court
.
History
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Uigeumbu roots from Soonmaso established during the reign of
Chungnyeol of Goryeo
. During the Goryeo dynasty, the body took the broad responsibility of legal charges. However, early structure of Joseon followed former organ to make dominance of judicial power, which was resulted to take over the work of judicial police only.
Working with Saheonbu, the office dealt with the lese majesty or legal execution. Generally, the responsibility covered the crimes of bureaucrats, foreigners or treason or serious incidents against
Confucianism
. It also worked as the special court in emergency case.
The system of the office changed several times depending on the current legal code. In 1414, the institution came to possess full independence. Basically, 4 subjects held the concurrent position. According to official code of
Gyeongguk daejeon
, about 200 officials dealt with the judicial matters.
In 1894,
Gojong of the Korean Empire
changed the name to Uigeum-sa and then further started to hand down the decisions, only the case happened in
Hanyang
(currently Seoul). Following the
Gabo reform
, the office was named the High Court (高等裁判所) and then the
Pyeongriwon
(平理院; 平理院) in 1899.
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