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Reichskammergericht

Reichskammergericht proper noun: the imperial appellate court of the Holy Roman Empire, one of the two highest judicial authorities of the empire.

Proper noun

Reichskammergericht

  1. (historical) The imperial appellate court of the Holy Roman Empire, one of the two highest judicial authorities of the empire.
    • The members of the Reichskammergericht were nominated both by the Estates and the emperor.1995, Karel Davids, Jan Lucassen, editors, A Miracle Mirrored, page 141
    • Likewise, it took a while before the Imperial Court of Law, the Reichskammergericht, established its permanent headquarters in the German city of Wetzlar in 1693.2008, Harald Kleinschmidt, Ruling the Waves, page 245

Origin of Reichskammergericht

From German Reichskammergericht (“imperial chamber court”).

Questions about Reichskammergericht

What does Reichskammergericht mean?
Reichskammergericht means the imperial appellate court of the Holy Roman Empire, one of the two highest judicial authorities of the empire.
What part of speech is Reichskammergericht?
Reichskammergericht is a proper noun.

Words near Reichskammergericht in the dictionary

  1. Reichle
  2. Reichles
  3. Reichman
  4. Reichmans
  5. Reichsgulden
  6. Reichskammergericht
  7. Reichskanzler
  8. Reichskanzlers
  9. reichsmark
  10. reichsmarks
  11. reichspfennig

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