Vlach law refers to the traditional Romanian common law, along with various special laws and privileges enforced upon or enjoyed by pastoralist communities of Romanian stock, in European states of the late Middle Ages and early modern period. It applied in the Romanian polities of Moldavia and Wallachia as well as in the Kingdom of Hungary, the Kingdom of Poland, the Kingdom of Serbia and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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The Vlach law (Latin: ius valachicum, Romanian: legea românească, "Romanian law", or obiceiul pământului, "customs of the land"
In Group: Customary and Folk Law of Medieval Europe, Introduction, sentence 1
The Vlach law (Latin: ius valachicum, Romanian: legea românească, "Romanian law", or obiceiul pământului, "customs of the land", Hungarian: vlach jog) refers to the traditional Romanian common law as well as to various special laws and privileges enjoyed or enforced upon particularly pastoralist communities (cf. obști) of Romanian stock or origin in European states of the Late Middle Ages and Early modern period, including in the two Romanian polities of Moldavia and Wallachia, as well as in the Kingdom of Hungary, the Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Serbia, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, etc.
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