Chełmno law
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Chełmno law was a medieval municipal legal code used in Central and Eastern Europe that granted towns extensive self-governance and regulated urban life, trade, and judicial matters.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zamość Ordinance | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
medieval law
ⓘ
municipal legal code ⓘ town charter law ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
burghers
ⓘ
cities ⓘ towns ⓘ |
| basedOn | Magdeburg law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
German town laws
ⓘ
legal history of Poland ⓘ medieval legal codes ⓘ |
| defines |
jurisdiction of town courts
ⓘ
office of vogt ⓘ structure of town council ⓘ |
| follows | Magdeburg rights NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grants |
extensive municipal autonomy
ⓘ
judicial privileges ⓘ market rights ⓘ self-governance to towns ⓘ |
| influenced |
later municipal law in Poland
ⓘ
urban law in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Saxon law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Middle Low German NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalFamily | German town law ⓘ |
| legalStatus | charter granted by territorial ruler ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Chełmno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originatesFrom |
Chełmno
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
State of the Teutonic Order NERFINISHED ⓘ medieval Poland region ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
organization of municipal administration
ⓘ
regulation of urban life ⓘ |
| regulates |
civil law
ⓘ
crafts ⓘ criminal law ⓘ inheritance ⓘ judicial matters ⓘ property rights ⓘ trade ⓘ urban self-government ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Central Europe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eastern Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth towns ⓘ Royal Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ Teutonic Order territories NERFINISHED ⓘ cities of present-day Belarus ⓘ cities of present-day Lithuania ⓘ cities of present-day Poland ⓘ cities of present-day Ukraine ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Zamość Ordinance