Imperial Chamber Court
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The Imperial Chamber Court was one of the highest judicial institutions of the Holy Roman Empire, responsible for adjudicating major legal disputes among its territories and subjects.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Imperial Chamber Court canonical | 5 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
court of the Holy Roman Empire
ⓘ
high court ⓘ judicial institution ⓘ |
| aim |
limit feuds and private warfare
ⓘ
strengthen central imperial justice ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Reichskammergericht ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
imperial estates
ⓘ
subjects of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| coequalWith | Aulic Council ⓘ |
| coexistedWith | Aulic Council ⓘ |
| composition |
assessors from princely and city estates
ⓘ
judges from imperial estates ⓘ president appointed by the emperor ⓘ |
| country | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dissolutionCause | dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1806 ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Emperor Maximilian I
ⓘ
surface form:
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
|
| function |
court of appeal from territorial courts
ⓘ
court of first instance for disputes between imperial estates ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | important institution of German legal history ⓘ |
| inception | 1495 ⓘ |
| inceptionEvent |
Imperial Reform
ⓘ
surface form:
Imperial Reform of 1495
|
| inceptionPlace | Diet of Worms ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| languageOfWork |
German
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| legalArea |
civil law
ⓘ
constitutional disputes within the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ feudal law ⓘ public law ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Perpetual Public Peace
ⓘ
surface form:
Ewiger Landfriede (Perpetual Public Peace)
Imperial Reform ⓘ
surface form:
Imperial Reform of 1495
|
| locatedInTimePeriod |
Early Modern period
ⓘ
Reformation era ⓘ Thirty Years' War ⓘ
surface form:
Thirty Years' War era
|
| movedSeatTo |
Speyer
ⓘ
Wetzlar ⓘ |
| originalSeat | Frankfurt am Main ⓘ |
| role |
adjudication of major legal disputes
ⓘ
enforcement of imperial law ⓘ highest appellate court in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ protection of imperial public peace ⓘ protection of imperial subjects against territorial princes ⓘ supreme civil court in the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| seat |
Speyer
ⓘ
Wetzlar ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
Holy Roman Emperor
ⓘ
Imperial Diet ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.