title: The courts of the times of interregnum of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
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metadata.value: Kanecki, Oskar
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2020-07-09T20:57:34Z
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2020-07-09T20:57:34Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2020-06
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Kanecki, Oskar. 2020. “The courts of the times of interregnum of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania”. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Law 2: 508–528.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu14.2020.216
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/18626
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: After the death of the last male representative of the Jagiellonian house, Sigismund II Augustus
  (Polish: Zygmunt August), most of the courts of nobility acting on behalf of the monarch
  suspended their activities. The nobility fulfilled the resulting deficiency by establishing confederations
  (called the hoods) in counties and provinces, which became the basis for deputies
  subsequently elected to the courts during the times of interregnum. They were functioning in
  the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the years 1572–1764. They consisted of former court officials and representatives of the nobility and they were mostly housed in castles. The legal
  basis for the issued verdicts was the general applicable law. The subject-matter jurisdiction of
  the courts of the times of interregnum mainly involved criminal and fiscal matters, and the
  deprivation of possessions. They also judged the nobility, as well as the clergy, Jews, peasants
  and even townspeople and soldiers. Their activities were accompanied by relatively numerous
  incidents. In spite of this, courts of the times of interregnum quickened the process of
  executing justice in the times of interregnum. The shorter time of proceedings and structure
  contributed to this. Introducing procedural improvements were of special importance for a
  sovereign deprived of his state. The ineffectiveness of courts during the time of remarkably increased
  delinquency would undoubtedly lead to anarchy. Torture was used in the proceedings
  held before kangaroo courts. Commencing from 1632, the disputes arising during the election
  session for the Sejm were settled by a general court of the times of interregnum consisting
  of marshals, 3 senators and 12 representatives of Małopolska, Wielkopolska and the Grand
  Duchy of Lithuania. Its tasks involved mainly judging the crimes committed by the nobility,
  which had arrived in Warsaw for the royal elections. The general court of the times of interregnum
  made judgments most often in the Warsaw castle.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Law;Volume 11; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: council of nobility
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: sejmik
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: resolution of the council of nobility
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: the courts in the times of interregnum
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: the convocation Sejm
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: the election Sejm
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: interregnum
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: the general court of the times of interregnum
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: The courts of the times of interregnum of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
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metadata.value: Article
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