Events Tagged: "procedure"

Tancred of Bologna writes Ordo iudiciarius - standard procedural manual for ecclesiastical courts, spreads Romano-canonical procedure across Europe

Fourth Lateran Council mandates annual confession and prohibits clergy from participating in ordeals - transforms both spiritual discipline and legal proof

Statute of Merchants (Statute of Westminster II) - strengthens creditor remedies, introduces recognizance procedure for merchant debts

Florence establishes specialized bankruptcy court - Mercanzia handles insolvency cases with summary procedure

Star Chamber court formalized - using Roman law procedures in England for state trials, bypassing common law protections

Great Fire of London leads to Fire Court - special tribunal using summary procedure, early disaster law

Habeas Corpus Act - statutory protection against arbitrary detention, procedural safeguards strengthened

First bankruptcy commissioners' manual published in England - standardizing procedures for asset collection and distribution

English Bankruptcy Act allows trading debtor to petition for own bankruptcy - previously only creditors could initiate