Generally, the hatamoto with the rice crop of 3,000 koku or more (hatamoto yoriaiseki [a family rank of high-ranking hatamoto, direct vassal of the shogun]) were provided with the right to manage their fief like daimyo (Japanese feudal lord), and executed administrative rights and judicial rights except trials for grave penalty such as death penalty.
一般には3,000石以上の旗本（旗本寄合席）には大名に準じた知行権（統治権）を有して死刑などの重刑裁判以外の行政権・司法権を行使した。