However, this distinction was complying with Bakufu Law, so there was difference in classification of case or way to call depending on han, and even in Bakufu Law, classification of case was changeable between honkuji and kanekuji according to times.
もっともこの区別は幕府法によるもので、藩によって公事銘の区分や呼称に違いがあったし、幕府法においても時代とともに公事銘（事件類型）の移動（本公事⇔金公事）が生じた。