Hungarian customary law
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Hungarian customary law is the traditional, unwritten body of legal norms and practices that historically governed the Kingdom of Hungary, later systematized and influenced by works such as Werbőczy’s Tripartitum.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hungarian-Croatian royal law | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
customary law
ⓘ
legal tradition ⓘ source of law ⓘ |
| alsoAppliedIn |
Croatia in union with Hungary
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Transylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
nobility of the Kingdom of Hungary
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
peasants in the Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ |
| basedOn |
ancient customs of the Hungarian nobility
ⓘ
decisions of county courts ⓘ royal court practice ⓘ |
| characteristic |
collective rights of the Hungarian nation (natio Hungarica)
ⓘ
feudal legal structure ⓘ judge‑made rules ⓘ privileges of the Hungarian nobility ⓘ strong role of nobility ⓘ traditional practices ⓘ unwritten norms ⓘ |
| codifiedIn | Tripartitum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsPrinciple |
free election of the king in theory
ⓘ
noble equality (una eademque nobilitas) ⓘ right of resistance (ius resistendi) in some interpretations ⓘ |
| continuedInForceUntil | 19th century ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field |
private law
ⓘ
procedural law ⓘ public law ⓘ |
| governed |
inheritance among the Hungarian nobility
ⓘ
judicial procedure in Hungarian courts ⓘ land tenure in medieval Hungary ⓘ public law relations between king and estates ⓘ status of serfs in Hungary ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
German customary law
ⓘ
Roman law NERFINISHED ⓘ canon law ⓘ |
| languageOfEarlyFormulations | Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalCulture | Central European legal culture ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Hungarian legal system ⓘ |
| partiallyWrittenDownIn | Tripartitum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partlySupersededBy |
Austrian civil codes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
modern Hungarian legislation ⓘ |
| recognizedRight |
jurisdictional privileges of the nobility
ⓘ
self‑government of counties ⓘ tax exemption of nobles ⓘ |
| region | historical Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Tripartitum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceFor | Tripartitum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| systematizedBy | István Werbőczy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Middle Ages
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early modern period ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Hungarian-Croatian royal law