That was because the Goseibai-shikimoku was not directed to the general law in samurai society, but it was also intended to evade legal conflicts between the samurai and court noble society.
これは御成敗式目が武家社会の一般法を目指したものではなく、武家社会と公家社会の法的衝突の回避の意味も含まれていたからである。