Jurydyka
Jurydyka (plural: jurydyki,[1][2] improperly: jurydykas),[3] is a legal entity in the Polish legal system from bygone centuries (originating from Latin: iurisdictio, jurisdiction), denoting a privately owned tract of land within a larger municipality,[1][2] often right outside the royal city, or as an autonomous enclave within it. Jurydyki claimed exemption from the town's jurisdiction, and exerted municipal rights separate from the local laws, usually for their owners' financial benefit.[1]
History
Jurydyki were popular already in the
Roman Catholic Church and the Polish nobility avoided the terms of the royal town charters. Most notably, the Jurydyki were exempted from the specific trade laws allowing only selected merchants and craftsmen to take part in the markets held in the cities. In many Polish cities the Jurydyki were eventually incorporated into the towns as their boroughs. This was the case of Warsaw, which in early 18th century was surrounded by no less than 14 such entities, some of them with as many as 5,000 inhabitants. All of them are now neighbourhoods of Warsaw.[5]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-136-10364-3– via Google Books.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8047-4159-0.
- ISBN 978-1-4438-0622-0.
- ^ "Historia Polski: Jurydyki". Popularna Encyklopedia Powszechna Wydawnictwa Fogra. Encyklopedia WIEM.
- ^ Ryszard Mączewski, ed. (2016). "Warszawskie Jurydyki". Source: Encyklopedia Warszawy, 1994. Fundacja 'Warszawa1939.pl'. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-12-18.