offenes Ding

ancient German law

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occurrence in fehmic courts

  • In fehmic court

    …were of two types: the offenes Ding, or open assembly, to which all free men were admitted, judging property offenses and ordinary misdemeanours; and the Stillding, or secret assembly, attended only by the judge, the Schöffen (aldermen), and parties to the case. The Stillding had entirely superseded the offenes Ding

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