A sejm court was a Polish
court
A court is any person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in acco ...
that sat in cases of
impeachment – in the words of the
May 3 Constitution of 1791 (article VIII: the judicial authority) – of government "
ministers
..charged with breach of law by a deputation designated to examine their deeds
.."
The composition and functioning of sejm courts were spelled out in an act of the Sejm passed on May 13, 1791.
Defunct courts
Court
A court is any person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in acco ...
Legal history of Poland
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