FORI REGNI Valentiae, Furs de València 1547

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'' of Valencia ( ca-valencia, Furs de València, ) were the laws of the

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during most of the

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and

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. The laws were a series of

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s which, altogether, worked similarly as a modern Constitution does now. Thus, they defined the position of and

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between the Royal House, the nobility, the Catholic ecclesiastic and the judicial procedures. The first codifications are based in the

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, Costums of Lleida, and the ''Furs'' of

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. They were promulgated by the first King of Valencia,

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in 1261 at the newly created

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; he then subjected the title of King of Valencia to an

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before the Parliament, sworn on the ''Furs''. The ''Furs'' were valid for more than four centuries, until they were abolished by means of the

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signed by Philip V of Castile in 1707. Following the agreed amendment to the

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of the

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in 2006, some distinct usages of the civil law used by the ''Furs'' are scheduled to regain binding legal authority in this territory.

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