Chairman
The lord of the chair was the court lord in the late Middle Ages. The term comes across especially in the free or feme courts . Here he was the owner of the so-called "free chair" and set up the exemption . The supreme liege lord of all free courts was the German king . Basically he gave the individual free counties to the chairmen.
From 1422 onwards, the archbishop of Cologne was the supreme lord of the chair as the king's representative .
In principle, anyone with a sovereign function could be the chairman. A chair owner could own several free chairs. The acquisition was made by inheritance or by purchase. The chairmen had to present the ex-counts to the king or the archbishop of Cologne. Without the express consent of the chairman, another exemption could never pass judgments in place of the exemption if the latter was prevented from exercising his office, for example due to illness. The chairman received part of the court fees. But more important to him was the rule that he was able to exercise or expand with his judgment over those who were subject to his judgment.
literature
- Albert K. Hömberg : County, Free County, Gografschaft. Munster 1949.
- Albert K. Hömberg : Church and secular state organization of southern Westphalia. Munster 1965.
- Heinrich Mitteis: German legal history. 15th edition. Munich 1978.
- Brockhaus Encyclopedia 14. A., Vol. 15, keyword chair owner .
- Economic encyclopedia by J. G. Krünitz. 1773 to 1858.