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131/1/522131-1-522-001131 — Collection of parchment documents1563-01-18Decree of King Sigismund II Augustus regulating the jurisdiction of the municipal court over the Armenians of Lviv

The document resolves a jurisdictional dispute between the authorities of Lviv and the Armenian community, defining the scope of competence of the municipal court and the Armenian court in criminal and property cases. The King confirms the right of the Armenians to elect twelve seniors to adjudicate in rotation with the wójt (advocatus) and regulates issues of municipal order and the taking of oaths.

Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania
To: Authorities and townspeople of the city of Lviv and the Armenian community in Lviv (famati Proconsul, Consules, Advocatus et Scabini, totaque Communitas Civitatis nostrae Leopoliensis, a Senioribus ac tota congregatione Armenorum Civitatem nostram Leopoliensem inhabitantium)
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