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 | | On the other hand, it is reported that inferior officials (geshi) and managers of shoen in various places make use of the name of vassals (gokenin) of the august House as a pretext for opposing,the orders of the Governor of the province or of the ryoke. |
 | | If a plaint is instituted by the holder of the rights to shoen (honjo), alleging that a Steward is withholding the annual rent (nengu) payable to him, a statement of account will be at once taken, and the plaintiff shall receive a certificate of the balance that may be found to be due to him. |
 | | Hence persons who come unprovided with such letters, whether they be from a province, a shoen, a shrine or a temple, have already committed a breach of dori (propriety or practical reason) and henceforth their suits will not be received in judicature. |
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