During Jisho War, the influential anti-Heishi (anti-Taira clan) group such as MINAMOTO no Yoritomo declared to confiscate the Taira territories which they occupied, and distributed them to their own gokenin (immediate vassals), which was later permitted by the Imperial Court as a part of the subjugation of the Taira family.
また、治承の乱においては、源頼朝などの反平氏勢力が独自に占領地の平家領の没官を宣言して御家人に配分し、後に朝廷も平家討伐の一環として容認した。