Fractions

Brüchte even Brüchten or Brüchtengeld were in the Middle Ages and the early modern period by the lower courts for minor offenses imposed fines or payments in kind .

The fines imposed by the court courts were a popular source of income for the estate administration, which was also used to finance celebrations and facilities for the commons . The term Bruchten was common in the Rhineland and Westphalia .

The word comes from brôke , Bröke ( ndd. ) = "(Right) break", "to break (the right)". It comes from the same root as today's words " crime ", "have done something wrong".

Individual proof

1. ↑ Frauds . In: Prussian Academy of Sciences (Hrsg.): German legal dictionary . tape 2 , issue 4 (edited by Eberhard von Künßberg ). Hermann Böhlaus successor, Weimar ( adw.uni-heidelberg.de - publication date 1932 or 1933).