Man court

The man's court (also feudal court or feudal court ) was an institution of jurisdiction convened in the Middle Ages by the sovereigns or feudal lords , an assembly of feudal men to reach judgments in feudal matters.

In the Baltic States in the 18th and 19th century, the man court a connected to the district court with ordinary court of the landed gentry for three years was chosen man judges and a life sentence salaried legally qualified secretary.

In Silesia the regional or provincial court was also called the man court; it consisted of representatives of the landed gentry and the courts formed by the cities.

literature

• Man court . In: Heidelberg Academy of Sciences (Hrsg.): German legal dictionary . tape 9 , issue 1/2 (edited by Heino Speer and others). Hermann Böhlaus successor, Weimar 1992, ISBN 3-7400-0167-4 ( adw.uni-heidelberg.de ).
• Man court . In: Adelung - Grammatical-Critical Dictionary of High German Dialect
• Erich Bayer (Hrsg.): Dictionary of history. Terms and technical terms (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 289). 3rd, revised edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1974, ISBN 3-520-28903-2 , p. 348.

Web links

• Man court. In: MDZ Munich Digitization Center Digital Library
• Man judge. In: MDZ Munich Digitization Center Digital Library