Additionally, in some cases, honjo law was divided into two different kinds of laws, Kamu-ho, which was enacted to regulate domestic economies for the honjo themselves, and Shoen-ho, which was directly applied to the Shoen ('Shoen-ho' also refers to another law which was enforced on Shoen by the imperial court and shogunate), both of which were collectively called Hojo-law.
更に本所法の中には本所そのものの家政のために定めた家務法と荘園に対して直接適用する荘園法に分けられ（ただし、「荘園法」という呼称は公武権力が荘園に対して実施する法に対する呼称でもある）、両者が混合されている場合もある。