The Hungarian Golden Bull of 1222 and the statutes and constitutional acts of the medieval kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, from the codes attributed to Casimir the Great to the Lithuanian statutes and the Union of Lublin that created the Commonwealth, with the royal election agreements that bound its kings. A document belongs here when its cited article describes a charter or statute of Hungary, Poland or Lithuania. It excludes East Slavic and Nordic sources.
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Casimir's Code (Wikipedia)
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Casimir's Code (Belarusian: Судзебнік Казіміра; Lithuanian: Kazimiero teisynas; Polish: Statut Kazimierza), also known as the Sudebnik of 1468, was a legal code adopted by Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland Casimir IV Jagiellon with the approval of the Lithuanian Council of Lords.
Golden Bull of 1222 (Wikipedia)
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The Golden Bull of 1222 was a golden bull, or edict, issued by Andrew II of Hungary.
Wikipedia: Pacta conventa (Poland)
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Pacta conventa (Latin for "articles of agreement") was a contractual agreement entered into between the "Polish nation" (i.e., the szlachta (nobility) of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) and a newly elected king upon his "free election" (wolna elekcja) to the throne from 1573 to 1764.
Statutes of Casimir the Great (Wikipedia)
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The Statutes of Casimir the Great or Piotrków-Wiślica Statutes (Polish: Statuty wiślicko-piotrkowskie) are a collection of laws issued by Casimir III the Great, the king of Poland, in the years 1346-1362 during congresses in Piotrków and Wiślica.
Statutes of Lithuania (Wikipedia)
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The Statutes of Lithuania, originally known as the Statutes of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, were a 16th-century codification of all the legislation of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and its successor, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Union of Lublin (Wikipedia)
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The Union of Lublin (Polish: Unia lubelska; Lithuanian: Liublino unija) was signed on 1 July 1569 in Lublin, Poland, and created a single state, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, one of the largest countries in Europe at the time.
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