词讼[cí sòng]
legal cases
1. 这场官司的词讼费应由原告承担。
The costs of this legal case should be paid by the plaintiff.
2. 但是地方官府显然对民间诉讼风气的变化并没有清醒的认识，反而顽固地把诉讼数量的上升看作是讼棍等人唆使的结果，因此采取各种办法严格控制民间词讼。
Anyhow, local government did not have a clear knowledge on this; they took many measures to control civil litigation. In face with this situation, merchants gradually regulated the strategy in the hope of to be helped by public power.
3. 词讼的翻译
3. 他们挺身抗帮，包揽词讼，以独特的方式承担了地方公共事务。
For example, they boldly engaged in an endless stream of lawsuits over the grain tax thereby assuming a distinctive role in public affairs.
4. 其职责主要包括督课、受理盐场一般词讼，并负责管理盐场水利、维护盐场地方社会治安、赈济灾荒、促进地方教育、文化及农业经济发展。
They trust mainly were superintending tax, commonly legal cases, managing irrigation works, maintenance of social public security, relieving calamity, promotion of native education, culture and agricultural economical development.