ława sądowa

English translation: German-model(l)ed (hist.) County Court of Common Pleas (now) Combined Court Centre

09:27 Mar 15, 2024
Polish to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general)
Polish term or phrase: ława sądowa
ława sądowa «w Polsce w XIII–XVIII w.: organ samorządu miast i wsi lokowanych na prawie niemieckim, rozpatrujący sprawy kryminalne i cywilne»
Oksana Bończyk
Poland
English translation:German-model(l)ed (hist.) County Court of Common Pleas (now) Combined Court Centre
Explanation:
'The question you are about to answer is not among your language pairs, is this intentional?' - but it is mentioned at the end of my Profile.

Combined Court - deals with both civil and criminal cases.
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Adrian MM.
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Summary of answers provided
4(lay) judges bench
Bartosz Pelka
3the bench of aldermen
Andrzej Ziomek
3bench of lay judges
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
2town/municipal court
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2German-model(l)ed (hist.) County Court of Common Pleas (now) Combined Court Centre
Adrian MM.


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(lay) judges bench


Explanation:
Mało artykułów na ten temat, tutaj widzę judges bench, ew. gdzieś na tej stronie było też judges court


    https://magdeburg-law.com/glossary/lay-judges-and-the-lay-judges-bench/
Bartosz Pelka
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
the bench of aldermen


Explanation:
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https://cejsh.icm.edu.pl/cejsh/element/bwmeta1.element.ojs-d...

Keywords:

DE
Stadtverfassung Stadtfreiheit Bürgerversammlung Stadtrat Schöffenstuhl [...]

DE
Stadtverfassung Stadtfreiheit Bürgerversammlung Stadtrat Schöffenstuhl Rechtstransfer Königreich Ungarn Silleiner Stadtrecht Ofner Stadtrecht Wahl der Ratsmänner und Schöffen Pflichten der Bürger Sächsisches Weichbild
EN
municipal government municipal freedom assembly of the burghers town council, bench of the aldermen [...]

DE
Stadtverfassung Stadtfreiheit Bürgerversammlung Stadtrat Schöffenstuhl Rechtstransfer Königreich Ungarn Silleiner Stadtrecht Ofner Stadtrecht Wahl der Ratsmänner und Schöffen Pflichten der Bürger Sächsisches Weichbild
EN
municipal government municipal freedom assembly of the burghers town council, bench of the aldermen legal transplant Kingdom of Hungary town law of Žilina Buda town law election of the city council and the aldermen duties of the burghers
PL
samorząd miejski wolność miejska zgromadzenie mieszczan rada miejska ława sądowa [...]

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niem. ,Schöffenstuhl

Andrzej Ziomek
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
bench of lay judges


Explanation:
While in towns established under Lübeck
Law, councilors also participated in the judiciary, in towns that received Magdeburg
Law, a special judicial authority was constituted. It was called the bench of lay judges and usually consisted of seven members (ława sądowa).
https://real.mtak.hu/146474/1/CEA LSCE Lectures on East Cent...



Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
town/municipal court


Explanation:
Ława sądowa – organ władzy miejscowej miast i wsi lokowanych na prawie niemieckim z okresu XIII–XVIII wieku[

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Meanwhile, in the north, in the territory ruled by the Teutonic Knights (derOrdensstaat), the town of Chełmno (Kulm) was incor-porated under a charter which provided for the creation of a municipal court analogous to the Magdeburg Lay Bench - https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9781474451024... - page 124

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For example, in 1390, in the presence of his wife Catherine and before the municipal bench court, Stanisław Grudner37 made a bequest to Catherine of 40 grivna and half of their household items, which constituted her due dower - https://brill.com/display/book/9789004461444/BP000012.xml?la...

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The oldest mention of rosaries in a will dates back to at least 1431. Councillor Paul Homan testified before the municipal bench court that his late wife’s sister received her coral rosary and golden ring as a gerade - https://scholar.archive.org/work/swmteqqdyzbuxgcuhryziv3pxi/... - page 16 (pdf download)

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In a bequest from 1371, John of Eger asks the municipal tribunal whether he could dispose of all of his goods in accordance with his will, since he had acquired them through his work. The tribunal replied in the affirmative. In the following years, similar questions appear more and more often on the pages of the books of municipal bench court, which led to their being shortened into a universally applicable form - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/4976... - page 63

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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
German-model(l)ed (hist.) County Court of Common Pleas (now) Combined Court Centre


Explanation:
'The question you are about to answer is not among your language pairs, is this intentional?' - but it is mentioned at the end of my Profile.

Combined Court - deals with both civil and criminal cases.

Example sentence(s):
  • The Coventry Combined Court Centre is a Crown Court venue, which deals with criminal cases, as well as a County Court venue, which deals with civil cases,
  • court of common pleas noun phrase 1 : a former English superior court having civil jurisdiction 2 : an intermediate court in some American states that usually has *civil and criminal jurisdiction*.

    Reference: http://www.dwds.de/wb/Gerichtsbank
    www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/court of common pleas
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