Such kanmon were used as conference materials in Jin no sadame and In no hyojo (consultation under the government by the retired Emperor) and included in many works by Myobo-ke such as "Hosoruirin" and "Seiji yoryaku," and later treated as one of the sources of court noble laws.
こうした勘文は陣定・院評定などの会議資料として用いられた他、『法曹類林』や『政事要略』以下多くの明法家の著書に採録され、後には公家法の法源の1つとして扱われる場合もあった。