Jurydyka

Jurydyki of Warsaw in the 18th century, owned privately

Jurydyka (plural: jurydyki,[1][2] improperly: jurydykas),[3] is a legal entity in the Polish legal system from bygone centuries (originating from Latin: iurisdictio, jurisdiction), denoting a privately owned tract of land within a larger municipality,[1][2] often right outside the royal city, or as an autonomous enclave within it. Jurydyki claimed exemption from the town's jurisdiction, and exerted municipal rights separate from the local laws, usually for their owners' financial benefit.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Jerzy Tadeusz Lukowski (2013). Liberty's Folly: Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Eighteenth Century, 1697-1795. Routledge. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-136-10364-3 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b Mordekhai Nadav; Mark Mirsky (2008). The Jews of Pinsk, 1506 to 1880. Stanford University Press. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-8047-4159-0.
  3. ^ Jurgita Šiaučiūnaitė-Verbickienė; Larisa Lempertienė (2009). Jewish Space in Central and Eastern Europe: Day-to-Day History. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-4438-0622-0.