Sudebnik of 1550

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Russian legal code law code legal code

The Sudebnik of 1550 was a major mid-16th-century Russian legal code issued under Ivan IV that expanded and systematized Muscovite law, strengthening central authority and judicial procedures.

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Label	Occurrences
Sudebnik of 1550 canonical	3

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Russian legal code ⓘ law code ⓘ legal code ⓘ
appliesTo	nobility of Muscovy ⓘ rural population of Muscovy ⓘ state officials of Muscovy ⓘ urban population of Muscovy ⓘ
century	16th century ⓘ
country	Muscovy NERFINISHED ⓘ Russia ⓘ
dateOfIssue	1550 ⓘ
follows	Byzantine legal traditions ⓘ Russkaya Pravda (as a distant predecessor) NERFINISHED ⓘ Sudebnik of 1497 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sudebnik of Ivan III NERFINISHED ⓘ earlier Muscovite customary law ⓘ
historicalRole	codification of judicial reforms under Ivan IV ⓘ foundation of later Muscovite and Russian legal development ⓘ important source for the study of Muscovite society ⓘ key step in centralization of Muscovite state ⓘ
influenced	Sobornoye Ulozheniye of 1649 NERFINISHED ⓘ later Muscovite legal practice ⓘ
issuedBy	Ivan IV of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ central Muscovite government NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	Muscovy NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsardom of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Church Slavonic (legal style influence) ⓘ Old Russian NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalForm	code of articles ⓘ statute ⓘ
legalSystem	Muscovite law ⓘ
notableProvision	provisions on collective responsibility of communities ⓘ provisions on criminal offenses such as theft and robbery ⓘ provisions on punishment scales for various crimes ⓘ provisions on the responsibilities of local officials ⓘ provisions on the rights and duties of service gentry ⓘ regulation of fees for court services ⓘ regulation of judicial appeals to higher courts ⓘ restrictions on judicial corruption and bribery ⓘ rules for summoning parties to court ⓘ rules for written documentation of court decisions ⓘ
purpose	limitation of local judicial arbitrariness ⓘ regulation of judicial procedures ⓘ strengthening central authority ⓘ systematization of Muscovite law ⓘ unification of legal practice across Muscovy ⓘ
reignOf	Ivan IV of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Zemsky Sobor reforms of Ivan IV NERFINISHED ⓘ centralization of the Russian state in the 16th century ⓘ
subjectMatter	administrative law ⓘ appeal procedures ⓘ civil law ⓘ corruption and bribery ⓘ court fees ⓘ criminal law ⓘ feudal obligations ⓘ land tenure ⓘ procedural law ⓘ service obligations of the gentry ⓘ taxation procedures ⓘ urban self-government ⓘ

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Sudebnik of 1497 → influenced → Sudebnik of 1550 ⓘ

Muscovite government → legalCode → Sudebnik of 1550 ⓘ

Sobornoye Ulozheniye law code of 1649 → replaced → Sudebnik of 1550 ⓘ

subject surface form: Sobornoye Ulozheniye