Since there is no objection that the law of the nation's governance is a law formulated to rule the nation, this can be the law for the governance of the nation at that time, or that means, Omi-Ryo instituted as the administrative code for the first time.
食国法は国家統治の法律と解することに異論はないので、当時の国家統治の法、すなわち最初の令として制定された近江令のこととされる。