Bódog Czorda (18 December 1828 – 4 July 1904) was a Hungarian lawyer and politician. He worked as a lawyer until the

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when joined to the Honvédség. After the defeat of the War of Independence he was involuntarily conscripted to the Imperial Army in

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. After that he was a lawyer in his birthplace, Szabadka (today: ''Subotica, Serbia''). He was arrested because of his political activities in 1860. He was released only after the

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. Czorda served as Member of Parliament in 1861. After that he worked as lawyer again. He was appointed a judge of the Royal Court of Pest in 1869, later he was one of the judges of the

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. He served as Secretary of State for Justice since 1889. He was elected President of the Royal Court of

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in 1892. He served as Vice President of the Curia Regia between 1893 and 1901.

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Hungarian Biographical Lexicon
{{DEFAULTSORT:Czorda, Bodog 1828 births 1904 deaths Politicians from Subotica Hungarians in Vojvodina Address Party politicians Deák Party politicians Members of the House of Representatives of Hungary (1865–1869) Hungarian jurists Jurists from Austria-Hungary