Land succession
Land succession (also Landhode , Reis or Raisa ) was a sovereign right ( regal ) of state power in the Middle Ages , also to make use of the personal services of subjects to achieve state purposes (state service sovereignty ), including the right of common land succession.
It consisted in the obligation of the subjects to follow their judge over land , e.g. B. to clear the area of vagabonds, to catch and guard criminals, to repair dams in case of danger, to repair roads in case of need or to do military service. The origin of the country or existing special agreements decided on the scope of the obligations. Since the introduction of the gendarmerie and a general tax system , the land succession has been abolished and professionalized almost everywhere, "since all such work is far better done by voluntary wage workers."
The land succession was regulated for war purposes in military legislation, e.g. B. in the law on the Landsturm and later replaced by standing armies .
Land succession for police and judicial purposes (court succession, pursuit) was no longer of any practical importance in the 19th century. It was only found in the right of the authorities to call up the population to provide assistance in emergencies, such as water shortages, fire, support for the post office in emergencies and assistance in distress from ships.
Web links
- Ulf Hanebuth: vigilantes, mercenaries, soldiers. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sovereign Rights Pierer's Universal Lexikon, Volume 8. Altenburg 1859, pp. 452–454. zeno.org., accessed June 14, 2020.
- ^ Landsequence Pierer's Universal Lexikon, Volume 10. Altenburg 1860, pp. 80–81. zeno.org, accessed June 14, 2020.