In addition, the use of the term 'kuji' requires special attention with regard to trials or lawsuits in the Edo period because there were two kinds of 'kuji'—one meaning a general trial or lawsuit and the other meaning a civil trial (explained in a later section)—and these terms were sometimes used simultaneously.
なお、江戸時代の裁判・訴訟においては、裁判・訴訟一般を指す「公事」と次節における民事訴訟を意味する「公事」の2種類が同時に用いられる場合も存在しており、注意を必要とする。