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Reichskammergericht
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English
Etymology
From en de Reichskammergericht imperial chamber court.
Proper noun
en historical The imperial appellate court of the Holy Roman Empire, one of the two highest judicial authorities of the empire.
en 1995 Karel Davids; Jan Lucassen A Miracle Mirrored 141 The members of the Reichskammergericht were nominated both by the Estates and the emperor.
en 2008 Harald Kleinschmidt Ruling the Waves 245 Likewise, it took a while before the Imperial Court of Law, the Reichskammergericht, established its permanent headquarters in the German city of Wetzlar in 1693.
en 2016 w:Peter H. Wilson The Holy Roman Empire 123 Penguin 2017 The Peace of Augsburg charged the Reichskammergericht with resolving any disputes by entrusting cases to bipartisan panels composed equally of Lutheran and Catholic judges.
German
Etymology
de :af Reich -s- Kammergericht
From de Reich -s- Kammergericht.
Pronunciation
de [ˈʁaɪ̯çskamɐɡəˌʁɪçt]
de De-Reichskammergericht.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Reichs kam mer ge richt
Noun
n.sg
de historical en Reichskammergericht
Declension
n.sg
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