Moreover, in the following year, he came to exercise dictatorship over the people, not approving a direct appeal (to a senior official without going through the normal formalities) for the lawsuit for which Sadatoki himself had already given a decision, which was not seen in the Tokuso administration.
更に翌年には貞時が直接下した裁定には越訴を認めないなどそれまでの得宗体制には見られなかった専制の度合いを強める。