As a result, these documents were deemed as a kind of Migyosho (an official document informing people of a government decision), and even though it was more of a private order made by the shogun, it had the legal weight equivalent to an official bakufu order.
そのため、将軍個人の私的性の強い命令書でありながら、御教書に準じるものとして幕府の公式な命令書と同様の法的効力があった。