gacaca


ga·ca·ca

G5003250 (gə-chä′chə)n. A traditional Rwandan system of justice in which local community members are allowed to testify freely, without the participation of lawyers, and cases are decided by a panel of judges chosen from the community.
[Kinyarwanda gacaaca, patch of Bermuda grass, gacaca, diminutive of umucaaca, Bermuda grass (which grows in the open spaces where such courts are conducted.]