Jikendan (voluntary ruling and judging) refers to rural communities in medieval Japan such as soson (a community consisting of peasants' self-governing association) and goson (autonomous village) that conduct a kendan (trial) by themselves.
自検断（じけんだん）とは、中世日本の村落（惣村・郷村など）が、自ら検断（けんだん）を実施することをいう。