Town privileges
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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 (Stadtrecht in German). Some degree of self-government, representation in a diet, and tax-relief could also be granted.
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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
- Town priveliges in Sweden
- Imperial free city
- Scottish Burgh
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