Ossotonin (the head of legal institutions) and two or three Ossobugyo (temporary positions in charge of retrials and accepting appeals) from Hikitsukeshu were in commission (according to "Kanto hyojo den" (an annual listing of personnel for the years 1226 and 1232 to 1284) and so on, Ossotonin might be a part of Ossobugyo in a broad sense).
長である越訴頭人と引付衆の中から2・3名の越訴奉行（おっそぶぎょう）から構成（越訴頭人も広義の越訴奉行に含む説もある（『関東評定伝』など））されていた。