Rewrite - Rewrite

…However, if disownment was only announced verbally or in writing, it was a secret disownment, and only after going through the prescribed procedures did it take legal effect. The procedures were the same as those for kuri, and differed depending on whether the land was Shogunate property or private property, and whether the person was a samurai, peasant, or townsman, but even in the case of relatively simple townsmen in Edo or Osaka, they had to apply to the town magistrate's office, receive permission, and have their account recorded. In the case of private land subjects or samurai who became vassals, not only did they have to receive permission from their lord or master, but they also had to report to each of the three magistrates of the Shogunate and receive a copy of the account record from the town magistrate. In the case of a pardon for disownment, just as in the case of disownment, they had to apply to their master, lord, official, etc., and have their account cancelled (deleted from the account record). …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…ただし勘当は，口頭または文書で申し渡しただけでは内証勘当であり，所定の手続を経てはじめて法律上の効果を発生した。その手続は久離の場合と同じであって，幕府御料か私領かの区別，武士か百姓か町人かのちがい等によって差異があったが，比較的簡単な江戸，大坂の町人の場合であっても，町奉行所に願い出てその許可を受け，帳簿に記載してもらわなければならず，私領の領民や，武士でも陪臣となると，領主や主人の許可を受けるだけでなく，幕府の三奉行それぞれに届け出て，町奉行から書替(帳簿記載の謄本)を受けなければならなかった。勘当を宥免する場合も，勘当するときと同様，主人や領主，役人等に願い出て，帳消し(帳簿記載の抹消)をしてもらわなければならなかった。…

※「書替」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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