Sovereign Council of Brabant

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The Sovereign Council of Brabant was the highest judicial and administrative court of the Duchy of Brabant in the Habsburg Netherlands, serving as a supreme authority in legal and governmental matters before its functions were later assumed by modern Belgian institutions.

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Sovereign Council of Brabant canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative body
high court
institution of the Habsburg Netherlands
judicial body
sovereign council
appliesLegalSystem Brabantine customary law
Roman law (subsidiary)
appliesToJurisdiction Brabantine clergy
Brabantine commoners
Brabantine nobility
Brabantine towns and cities
Duchy of Brabant
Habsburg Netherlands
country Duchy of Brabant
dissolvedDuring French Revolutionary occupation of the Southern Netherlands
dissolvedIn late 18th century
hasAuthorityOver feudal courts in Brabant
local courts in the Duchy of Brabant
urban magistrates in Brabant
hasFunction advising the sovereign on Brabantine affairs
hearing appeals from lower courts
interpreting Brabantine customary law
issuing ordinances
registering and publishing ducal edicts
supervising local administration
hasRole governmental advisory body
guardian of provincial privileges and charters
highest administrative authority in the Duchy of Brabant
highest judicial authority in the Duchy of Brabant
supreme court of appeal in the Duchy of Brabant
historicalPeriod Ancien Régime
Habsburg rule in the Low Countries
languageOfWorkOrName Dutch
French
Latin
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Brabant
Southern Netherlands
present-day Belgium
location Brussels, Belgium
surface form: Brussels
partOf Duchy of Brabant
Habsburg Netherlands
replacedBy Council of State of Belgium
surface form: Belgian Council of State

Court of Cassation of Belgium
modern Belgian judicial institutions
seat Brussels, Belgium
surface form: Brussels
subordinateTo Council of State of the Habsburg Netherlands
Duke of Brabant
Habsburg emperors
surface form: Habsburg sovereign

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Court of Cassation of Belgium predecessor Sovereign Council of Brabant