schout of Rensselaerswyck

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colonial-era office judicial office law enforcement office public office

The schout of Rensselaerswyck was the chief local law enforcement and judicial officer of the Dutch patroonship of Rensselaerswyck in New Netherland.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial-era office ⓘ judicial office ⓘ law enforcement office ⓘ public office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Rensselaerswyck NERFINISHED ⓘ manorial lands of the Van Rensselaer family NERFINISHED ⓘ patroonship of Rensselaerswyck NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	office of schout in the Dutch Republic ⓘ
confersPower	to arrest offenders ⓘ to bring charges in court ⓘ to collect fines and penalties ⓘ to summon inhabitants to court ⓘ
correspondsTo	prosecutor in modern legal systems ⓘ sheriff in English colonial terminology ⓘ
country	Dutch Republic ⓘ New Netherland NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentalBodyType	local magistracy ⓘ
governs	enforcement of contracts and debts ⓘ enforcement of patroon’s ordinances ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	local constables and subordinate officers ⓘ
hasDuties	chief local judicial officer ⓘ chief local law enforcement officer ⓘ execution of court judgments ⓘ maintenance of public order ⓘ presiding over local courts together with schepenen ⓘ prosecution of criminal offenses ⓘ representation of the patroon’s interests in legal matters ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	civil cases within Rensselaerswyck ⓘ criminal cases within Rensselaerswyck ⓘ inhabitants of Rensselaerswyck ⓘ
historicalRegion	present-day New York State ⓘ
legalSystem	Dutch colonial law ⓘ Roman-Dutch law tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Colony of New Netherland NERFINISHED ⓘ Hudson River Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Rensselaerswyck NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeHolderSelectionMethod	appointment by the patroon ⓘ confirmation by colonial authorities of New Netherland ⓘ
officeLanguage	Dutch ⓘ
partOf	local government of Rensselaerswyck ⓘ patroonship of Rensselaerswyck NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy	English-style sheriff after English conquest of New Netherland ⓘ
subordinateTo	Rensselaerswyck court NERFINISHED ⓘ patroon of Rensselaerswyck ⓘ
usedInPeriod	17th century ⓘ Dutch colonial period in North America NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Adriaen van der Donck (jonkheer) → positionHeld → schout of Rensselaerswyck ⓘ

subject surface form: Adriaen van der Donck