Although there were some differences between the Kugeho (court noble law) and the Bukeho (samurai law), it included delinquencies such as violation of law, neglect of filial duties or carelessness, disobedience (violation of orders and instructions), misconducts or hostile actions and so on, which were approved without any evidence if parent(s) (or grandparent(s)) had claimed.
公家法と武家法では条件が一部異なるが、教令違反・孝養の欠如あるいは不始末・向背（命令・指示違反）・不行跡・敵対行為などの非行行為の存在が挙げられ、具体的な証拠がなくても父母（祖父母）側の主張によって認められた。