Part 6

religione *), which we fully respect in everything and to it we adhere iuxta illius continentiam. And since we see in our laws that both the old privileges and the renewed ones should be well provided for, so that the lands of all the Polish Crown, including all the principalities and states belonging to the Crown, are always preserved as in one and indivisible body, then in this connection, we want to remain eternally, with our offspring, whole and intact, and against anyone who would want to tear it up, we promise to always rise up against this throat and to save his wealth, wanting to have it for the fact that he is never worthy of being considered an honest son of this Crown, but a product of his country, his oath of honesty, virtue and good reputation, and therefore he is to be considered shameful. 3 The common law provides that no one may cause harm according to his own will, then anyone under this period of interregni of freedom, rape, stupra, raptus, incendia, depraedationes viarum, robbery, invasiones domesticas, diffidationes, duella, violentias, ratione vulnerum vel homicidiorum et omnium in universum criminalium causarum, quaarum cognitio conventui eompeteret, expulsionum vioIentarum there spiritualium quam saecularium personarum, and not others, only a morte regis usque ad coronationem nori regis. 4. And since some of our brethren complain of robbery by their subjects, their lords also have to exercise justice coram iudiciis confoederationum. 5. And whoever is found to have made such a scelus sub hoc tempore, shall be brought before the judges appointed below them under their seal. And the lawsuit is to be filed ante terminum in two Sundays; lawsuits under their title are to be issued, vigore confoederationis praesentis. They are to judge on three or three Sundays, and they are to begin with the act of this hood in three Sundays. These courts are to be held by judges from Lviv in Lviv, Przemyśl judges in Przemyśl, Galician judges in Halicz, Sanok judges in Sanok, and Chełm judges in Chełm in the castles where the courts were previously held tempore felicis regiminis regis demortui. However, these courts are to cease four Sundays before the election, and after the election they are to judge on four Sundays, modo ut praemittitur, until the coronation. 6. And there is to be a terminus peremtorius before these judges, ita tamen, that these judges are not to extend the execution proceedings until condemnationatus ad satisfaciendum is summoned, ensuring that everyone has de termino certam notitiam; however, this will be understood as dumtaxat de causis in contumatiam of those received. And for those who are sued ad notitiam and will be brought to justice immediately, ex sententia iudicum, justice will be immediately served ac!ori iuxta demeritum rei. However, this terminus eoncitatorius that the propter unicam ignorantiam is decided, nothing else than sola negativa is to be abolished, and immediately in instanti there will be laws there, Cognitio tamen ex scrutiniis will be de facto enforced immediately; and there, whoever is guilty ex scrutiniis will be sentenced to either eviction or convictia. 7. And when any of these judges have been convicted of couvictus et condemnatus, iure et forma, as mentioned above, then they are to write a universal report to all states about this land, rationem sententiae suae loci et diei expeditionis et personarum victoris et victi, and send it back to the starosta of this land. And the starosta has and will have to send out these universals, as they were sent out, and proclaim them in locis publicis. And all of us, with the first and last steps, will have to move mora bellico, as contra hoitem patriae, to save this throat and property. And wherever someone does not move and follow such an announcement, then he actor and jure victor, having taken a certain case and testimony from these judges of the hood, is to, absentem taquam rebellem, bring a pro damnis inde secutis to the same court of the hood, which, having liquidated the iuramento, he will gain, and immediately send him to the execution court, which loci capitanei, when their jurisdiction opens, according to the procedure they shall enforce, iuxta praescriptum statuti, mora aliarum rerum iudicatarum. However, those who are subject to common law are to be free from this attack a) duties in T. ') This is about the confederation of the Warsaw general on January 28, 1572. Vol. leg II, 841,