Sudebnaia kompetentsiia «starosty» Velikogo kniazhestva Litovskogo vo vtoroi polovine XV – pervoi treti XVI v. (na primere Volynskoi zemli) | Jurisdiction of 'Starosta' in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania …
Volume 15 (2007): Baltijos regiono istorija ir kultūra: Lietuva ir Lenkija. Karinė istorija, archeologija, etnologija = History and Culture of Baltic Region: Lithuania and Poland. Military History, Archaeology, Ethnology, pp. 25–34
Pub. online: 9 December 2007
Type: Article
Open Access
Published
9 December 2007
9 December 2007
Abstract
The article is devoted to the problem of jurisdiction of ‘starosta’ (a medieval official) during the second half of the 15th – the first third of the 16th century. ‘Starosta’ was one from the most important officials in the Volhyn land. He was designated by the Great Lithuanian Duke. During this period the judicial duties of ‘starosta’ were regulated by the norms of legislative acts named ‘ustavna zems’ka gramota’ issued by great Lithuanian duke in their home policy. An author shows in his materials, that according to these documents ‘starosta’ was the main person at the time of legal proceedings.