The temporally court existed inside the Daishin-in as a matter of form, however, it was actually an administrative court established by the approval of Daijokan (the Great Council of State) and decide a case based on the authority delegated from the Daijokan to the Ministry of Justice
臨時裁判所は形式上は大審院の中に存在するが、実際は、太政官の決裁により開設し、太政官から司法省に委任された権限に基づいて判決を下す事実上の行政裁判所であった。