CHAPTER VIII.

THE IMMUNITY OF THE KINGDOM OF BOHEMIA AND ITS INHABITANTS.

Our predecessors, the emperors and kings of the Romans, have conceded to

our ancestors, the kings of Bohemia, and to the kingdom and crown ...

that no prince, baron, noble, knight, client, citizen, or other person

of the kingdom, of any station, dignity, rank, or condition, should be

cited, haled, or summoned before any tribunal outside of the kingdom, or

before any judge except the king of Bohemia and the judges of his court.

We hereby renew and confirm this privilege, custom, and concession by

our royal authority and power, and decree that no one of the aforesaid,

prince, baron, noble, knight, client, citizen, or peasant, or any other

person, shall be required to appear or answer before any tribunal

outside of the kingdom of Bohemia, in any case, civil, criminal, or

mixed....

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