church interdiction, law court of the Holy See
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The ban of performing and taking up sacraments, holding public serives, ecclesiastic funerals and entering th echurch.
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the law court of the Holy See
Usually it was the law court of the county bishop, who was represented by his substitute at trials. Besides the bishop, the main dean could also make sentences in cases, where the value of the object at issue was no more than 1 mark. One could appeal from here to the law court of the bishop, from there to the law court of the archbishop, from there to the law court of the papal legate, from there to the the primate and finally to the Holy See in Rome. It was prohibited to start a lawsuit at a higher forum. Prelates, who did not belong under the juristic authority of the bishop were allowed to judge at such law courts. These prelates were the abbot of Pannonhalma, the preposts of Szepes and Szeben and the Saxon deans. The law court of the Holy See was developed from the juristic privilege of the church, but it had a wide-spread sphere of authority over the matters of secular persons, which were in connection with religion and morals. For example, marital suits, or actions of possessions in connection with this sacrament, tenth suits, testaments and usury matters, false oaths, break of religion, matters of widowers and orphans, girls' quarters. Concerning this latter one and the actions of possession the High Court of Justice (Curia) made sentences, which was a secular law court, so these were often called lawsuits of mixed courts. There were many misunderstandings from the uncertainty of juristic authority since the 15th century. Royal orders gradually limited the authority of the law courts of the Holy See. Finally, besides (inner) church matters, they had authority over cases when church persons were insulted, over graceful testaments and marital lawsuits.
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