Faroese thing

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The Faroese thing was the traditional Norse-era assembly on the Faroe Islands that functioned as a legislative and judicial gathering of free men.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf judicial assembly
legislative assembly
medieval assembly
thing (assembly)
appliesToJurisdiction Faroe Islands NERFINISHED
composedOf free men
local chieftains
country Faroe Islands NERFINISHED
culture Faroese culture
Norse culture
followed Germanic tribal assemblies
governedBy Faroese customary law NERFINISHED
Norse law
governs Faroese law
hasCategory Legal history of the Faroe Islands
Medieval law
Norse institutions
hasEffect peacekeeping among Faroese communities
standardization of law in the Faroe Islands
hasFunction dispute resolution
judicial decision-making
law interpretation
law-making
legislation
hasParticipant farmers
lawman
local elite
hasRole central legal institution of the Faroe Islands in the Norse era
historicalPeriod Middle Ages NERFINISHED
inception Viking Age NERFINISHED
influenced later Faroese legal institutions
legalStatus highest court in the Faroe Islands during the Norse era
locatedIn Faroe Islands NERFINISHED
partOf Norse legal tradition
North Germanic thing system
precededBy informal local assemblies
religion Christianity
similarTo Althing NERFINISHED
Frostating NERFINISHED
Gulating NERFINISHED
Ting (Scandinavian assembly) NERFINISHED
startTime Norse era
temporalClassification pre-modern institution
usedLanguage Faroese
Old Norse NERFINISHED

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Løgting historicalPrecursor Faroese thing