Jiin-ho in this narrow sense was developed in two different ways: one way is that each sect or temple compiled statute laws to suit their circumstances, and the other is that norms served as precedents, establishing the common law.
この狭義における寺院法には個々の宗門あるいは寺院が個別の事情に応じて定める成文法と慣習的規範が先例の形式を採って慣習法として機能したものがあった。