The court still held the power regarding the suits about territory of kuge (court noble) as well as temples and shrines, but as for the police and military, the court was only in a position to justify the bakufu actions.
公家領や寺社領に対する訴訟の権限は有していたものの、警察・軍事に関しては幕府の行動に大義名分を与える役割に限定されるようになる。