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Definition: Yamen
Yamen
\Ya"men\, n. [Chin. ya a civil or military court + men a
gate.]
In China, the official headquarters or residence of a
mandarin, including court rooms, offices, gardens, prisons,
etc.; the place where the business of any public department
is transcated.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]