Due to this, various names were used for the same purpose: okibumi (will and testament), okite (rules), shugijisho (a book for things decided by mass meeting), keijo (deed), shikimoku (law codes in the itemized form, which were used in the medieval Japan) and shinsei (law reconstitution).
このため、置文・掟・衆議事書・契状・式目・新制など名称からして様々であった。