According to the stipulations of Kujikata-osadamegaki, a woman who remarried before receiving Rienjo from her present husband was shaved her head and returned to her parents' house, and a man who remarried before issuing Rienjo to his present wife was convicted dismissal from his place of residence, i.e., expelled.
公事方御定書の規定によれば、離別状を受領せずに再婚した妻は髪を剃って親元へ帰され、また、離別状を交付せずに再婚した夫は所払（ところばらい。追放。）の刑に処された。