Imperial law
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Imperial law was the overarching legal framework of the Holy Roman Empire that regulated relations among its imperial estates and defined the authority of the emperor and imperial institutions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Imperial law canonical | 1 |
| Imperial law of the Holy Roman Empire | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
legal system
ⓘ
public law ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
define rights and duties of imperial estates
ⓘ
maintain imperial peace ⓘ regulate succession of the emperor ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Reich law
ⓘ
surface form:
Reichsrecht
|
| appliesTo |
Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Free Imperial Cities
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ imperial estates ⓘ imperial knights ⓘ imperial princes ⓘ prince-electors ⓘ |
| characteristic | supremacy over conflicting territorial law in many matters ⓘ |
| coexistedWith |
Landesrecht
ⓘ
territorial law ⓘ |
| defines |
authority of imperial institutions
ⓘ
authority of the emperor ⓘ |
| endedWith | dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 ⓘ |
| enforcedBy |
Reichshofrat
ⓘ
Reichskammergericht ⓘ imperial courts ⓘ |
| geographicScope |
Central Europe
ⓘ
territories of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| includes |
Eternal Peace (Ewiger Landfriede)
ⓘ
surface form:
Ewiger Landfriede
Golden Bull of 1356 ⓘ Peace of Augsburg ⓘ Peace of Westphalia ⓘ Worms ⓘ
surface form:
Worms Concordat
|
| influencedBy |
German customary law
ⓘ
Roman law ⓘ canon law ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | imperial level ⓘ |
| language |
German
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| legalHierarchyPosition | supreme law within the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| regulates | relations among imperial estates ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Reichsstandschaft
ⓘ
imperial constitution ⓘ imperial immediacy ⓘ |
| sourceOfAuthority |
imperial capitulations
ⓘ
imperial court decisions ⓘ imperial diets ⓘ imperial legislation ⓘ imperial privileges ⓘ imperial statutes ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Early Modern period
ⓘ
surface form:
Early modern period
Middle Ages ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Imperial law of the Holy Roman Empire