Moreover, suit of kuji was conducted by jisha-bugyo (magistrate of temples and shrines), machi-bugyo (town magistrate), kanjo bugyo (commissioner of finance) as well as local governors beneath them, but suit in the area governed by another bugyo, suit with a counterpart living in another territory, or suit between shiryo (private land) was handled by Edo bakufu Hyojosho (conference chamber).
なお、公事の訴訟は寺社奉行・町奉行・勘定奉行並び輩下の代官が行ったが、他奉行の支配地域や他領の者との訴訟、私領間の訴訟は江戸幕府評定所が行った。