Magdeburg rights

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legal code municipal charter model system of town law

Magdeburg rights were a influential set of medieval town laws originating in the German city of Magdeburg that granted extensive self-governance and legal autonomy to cities across Central and Eastern Europe.

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Magdeburg law 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legal code ⓘ
municipal charter model ⓘ
system of town law ⓘ
appliesTo cities in Central Europe ⓘ
cities in Eastern Europe ⓘ
medieval towns ⓘ
corePrinciple codified town court procedures ⓘ
freedom from certain feudal obligations ⓘ
right to elect municipal officials ⓘ
right to hold markets ⓘ
separate town jurisdiction ⓘ
urban self-government ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
developedInPeriod Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork municipal law ⓘ
urban governance ⓘ
grantedBy bishops ⓘ
dukes ⓘ
kings ⓘ
local rulers ⓘ
grantedTo burghers ⓘ
cities ⓘ
towns ⓘ
hasEffect limiting direct feudal control over towns ⓘ
standardizing town legal procedures ⓘ
strengthening burgher class ⓘ
hasPart provisions on criminal law ⓘ
provisions on election of town officials ⓘ
provisions on guild regulation ⓘ
provisions on inheritance law ⓘ
provisions on judicial appeals ⓘ
provisions on legal autonomy ⓘ
provisions on market rights ⓘ
provisions on property rights ⓘ
provisions on self-governance ⓘ
provisions on town courts ⓘ
provisions on trade regulation ⓘ
influenced Kulm law NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lübeck law NERFINISHED ⓘ
municipal law in Belarus ⓘ
municipal law in Bohemia ⓘ
municipal law in Hungary ⓘ
municipal law in Lithuania ⓘ
municipal law in Poland ⓘ
municipal law in Prussia ⓘ
municipal law in Silesia ⓘ
municipal law in Slovakia ⓘ
municipal law in Ukraine ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Middle High German NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalStatus municipal law ⓘ
namedAfter Magdeburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
originatedIn Magdeburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedAsModelBy many Central European towns ⓘ
many Eastern European towns ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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Magdeburg → appliedLaw → Magdeburg rights ⓘ
Statutes of Lithuania → influencedBy → Magdeburg rights ⓘ
German eastward expansion (Ostsiedlung) → usedLegalSystem → Magdeburg rights ⓘ
this entity surface form: Magdeburg law
Legal history of Poland → earlyLawInfluencedBy → Magdeburg rights ⓘ
this entity surface form: Magdeburg law