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Trial procedure
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1. Introduction

Trial procedure is understood here as the processes pursued in court to settle disputes or sanction deviant conduct (Judiciary). The normative conditions for trial procedures in the Holy Roman Empire and France during the early modern period were heavily influenced by the ius commune …

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Keiser, Thorsten, “Trial procedure”, in: Encyclopedia of Early Modern History Online, Editors of the English edition: Graeme Dunphy, Andrew Gow. Original German Edition: Enzyklopädie der Neuzeit. Im Auftrag des Kulturwissenschaftlichen Instituts (Essen) und in Verbindung mit den Fachherausgebern herausgegeben von Friedrich Jaeger. Copyright © J.B. Metzlersche Verlagsbuchhandlung und Carl Ernst Poeschel Verlag GmbH 2005–2012. Consulted online on 29 March 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2352-0272_emho_COM_026025>
First published online: 2015
First print edition: 20220831



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