Compulsion and ban

Zwing (or Twing) und Bann was a circumscribing formula for the power of an authority , the Zwing- or Twingherr, to be able to issue legally binding regulations and orders in the area of lower jurisdiction (lower court). Twing law was passed on orally until the late Middle Ages . A judicial district ( Twing or Zwing ) usually comprised one or more villages.

The term often appears in connection with manorial rule and describes the right of a landlord to issue commands and prohibitions. The objects to which the exercise of “compulsion and ban” relate can be distinguished from the high or blood jurisdiction, which could punish criminal offenses with death. For example, the “breaking of consolation (breaking the sworn peace) with words” was pursued by the Twingherr, the “breaking of consolation with an armed hand” by the high judge. Offenses such as minor bodily harm , defamation or outrage also fell into the twin lords' regulatory competence .

See also

• Burger target
• Twing gentlemen's dispute

lexicography

• Anne-Marie Dubler : Twing and spell. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Schweizerisches Idiotikon , Vol. IV Sp. 1270 ff., Article Bann ( digitized ) and Vol. XIV Sp. 1814 ff., Article Twing ( digitized ).