Casimir's Code

Casimir's Code
Sheet from the Russian Museum
Presented	1468

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Casimir's Code (Belarusian: Судзебнік Казіміра; Lithuanian: Kazimiero teisynas; Polish: Statut Kazimierza), also known as the Sudebnik of 1468,^[1] was a legal code adopted by Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland Casimir IV Jagiellon with the approval of the Lithuanian Council of Lords. It was the first attempt to codify the laws of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.^[2] The code prescribed punishment for property crimes and limited court procedures. Much of the legal system was left uncodified and was governed by customs.

The manuscript is now in the State Historical Museum in Moscow, as MS Uvar. 702-4°.