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Town privileges
Town privileges
’City rights’ redirects here. See also: municipal charter. Town privileges or city rights were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium. Judicially, a town was distinguished from the surrounding land by means of a charter from the ruling monarch that defined its privileges and laws. Common privileges were related to trading (to have a market, to store goods, etc.) and the establishment of guilds. Some of these privileges were permanent and could imply that the town obtained the right to be called a city, hence the term city rights. Some degree of self-government, representation in a diet, and tax-relief could also be granted.
See also
• • • • • • • • • • German town law Kulm law Lübeck law Magdeburg rights Confoederatio cum principibus ecclesiasticis City rights in the Low Countries City status in the United Kingdom City status in Sweden Imperial free city Scottish Burgh
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