Justice in the Principality of Osnabrück
This article describes the justice system in the Principality of Osnabrück .
Organizational matters
In 1556, Bishop Johann von Hoya regulated the administrative and judicial organization. This regulation was largely in effect until the secularization of the principality in 1803. In 1605 a "Common clergy and land court order" and in 1714 a "Canzley order for the land and justice canzley" was issued. The procedural law was regulated in 1600 in the “Common Proceß-Ordinance for the Cancelley and Audience”. The judges ( with the title "Gografen" in the Gogerichten ) were not paid and only received sports . The judiciary was considered ineffective at the end of the 18th century.
List of dishes
The highest instance was the Land and Justice Chancellery in Osnabrück. There was no separation of jurisdiction from administration . It therefore formed both the supreme court and the highest administrative body. In 1587, Bishop Bernhard von Waldeck set up a permanent commission as the highest court of appeal, which performed the duties of the chancellery as a court. This General Commission Court of Osnabrück, which was made up of three law firms, was still part of the law firm.
The second instance was the Obergogericht Osnabrück .
Entrance dishes were the go dishes. These were set up at the level of the offices .
In addition there were patrimonial and spiritual courts. Minor offenses were punished twice a year (Easter and Michaelmas) on the Brüchtengerichten in Osnabrück. Such broth dishes were also held in the country. Market justice and forest crime were judged on so-called wooden courts.
literature
- Kathrin Wrobel: From tribunals, justices of the peace and Maires. Court constitution, jurisprudence and administrative organization of the Kingdom of Westphalia with special consideration of Osnabrück (= Osnabrücker Schriften zur Rechtsgeschichte. Volume 11/2004). V & R Unipress, Göttingen 2004, ISBN 3-89971-168-8 (also dissertation, University of Osnabrück, 2004), pp. 69–75.