Also, since the decision to conduct yugisho could put psychological pressure on the litigants, indirectly it helped to achieve an early solution to a problem by having litigants with weak evidence drop the suit voluntarily.
また、実際に湯起請を行うことを決めるだけで訴訟当事者に心理的圧迫を与えられ、証拠があやふやな当事者の訴訟取下などの早期解決に至らせる間接的な効力も有した。