Lithuanian Tribunal

This article is about the medieval court in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. For the court in interwar Lithuania (1918–1940), see Supreme Tribunal of Lithuania.
Palace of the Lithuanian Tribunal (1835) in the present-day Pilies Street, Vilnius

The Lithuanian Tribunal (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Didžiosios Kunigaikštystės Vyriausiasis Tribunolas or Lietuvos Tribunolas; Polish: Trybunał Główny Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego) was the highest appellate court for the nobility of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. It was established by the Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland Stephen Báthory in 1581 as the counterpart to the Crown Tribunal (Polish: Trybunał Główny Koronny) of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, established in 1578. The judges were elected from local nobles furthering nobility's Golden Liberty. The Tribunal ceased to exist after the Third Partition of Poland-Lithuania in 1795.[1] The Palace of the Lithuanian Tribunal was demolished in December 1836 – April 1837.[2]

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  2. ^ "Lietuvos Vyriausiojo tribunolo rūmai Vilniuje". gidas.mb.vu.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 11 July 2019.