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An avoyer ([Schultheiß] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) was a magistrate of the Middle Ages that represented a lord and given the authority on his behalf, to apply High, middle and low justice. [1] .
In Switzerland
[edit]In Confederation of cantons XIII, income avoyer is attested in the cities of Lucerne (where it replaces the [Amman ] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) in 1304), Bern, Freiburg and Solothurn [1]. In all four cities, the role of avoyer gradually changes during the time he first became President of the Executive and the Court of town, before becoming, from the fifteenth century the equivalent of Mayor German cities or north-eastern Switzerland [2]. He is elected by the Parliament at the same time as the other magistrates, in several cities, two avoyers are elected (one reserve) every two years with unlimited [3].
Load and gradually disappear as avoyer different cantons during the Confederation XXII cantons. Title avoyer however, is still carried by the chairman of the Council of State of canton of Lucerne [4].
See also
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References and notes
[edit]- ^ a b DHS | 10244 | Avoyer | author = Waltraud Hörsch}}
- ^ See eg {{cite web | url = http://www.geneve.ch/LEGISLATION/rsg/f/rsg_a1_01.html | title = Union Act of the Republic of Geneva to the Swiss Confederation dated 19 May 1815 in Switzerland and co-signed by avoyers Berne and Lucerne
- ^ Example mandate in the canton of Fribourg political system of cantons Bern and Fribourg (accessed January 2009)
- ^ (in German) Stands of Luzern, lu.ch, retrieved 1 January 2009
Category: Medieval Law Category: Old Regime in Switzerland Category: History of Switzerland Category: History of Law