Metadata: Documents of settlement procedures
Collection
- Country:
- Hungary
- Holding institution:
- National Archives of Hungary, Csongrád County Archives, Szeged
- Holding institution (official language):
- Magyar Nemzeti Levéltár Csongrád Megyei Levéltára, Szeged
- Postal address:
- 6701 Szeged, Pf. 460
- Phone number:
- +36 62 425 199
- Web address:
- http://mnl.gov.hu/mnl/csml/mnl_csml_szeged
- Email:
- csml@mnl.gov.hu
- Reference number:
- IV.A.1.d
- Title:
- Documents of settlement procedures
- Title (official language):
- Peren kívüli eljárások iratai
- Creator/accumulator:
- Csanád county
- Date(s):
- 1658/1786
- Date note:
- 1658/1717/1786
- Language:
- Latin
- Hungarian
- German
- Extent:
- 0.25 linear metres (2 boxes)
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
-
The collection comprises the ‘Documents of settlement procedures’ from the period of 1717-1786. The collection is part of the 'Documents of the general congregation of Csanád County'.
The congregations of noblemen initially had the power to exercise jurisdiction, they performed these tasks and recorded the legal proceedings. However, towards the end of the 18th century the congregations of nobilities were designated to deal with public administration issues. Special courts of justice were established, which became responsible for the administration of justice. The order No. 3152. of 1786 of the ‘Seven Persons Table’ (Tabula Septemviralis) laid down rules on the separate treatment of documents. It stipulated that the congregations of nobilities would be responsible for public administration issues, whereas courts of justice for exercising jurisdiction.
The collection of the ‘Documents of settlement procedures’ is rather small. It comprises sources from the period of 1741-1785. As its timeline is restricted and public administration issues are interwoven with cases of jurisdiction, the careful examination of congregation documents from the related period is recommended.
Documents in the collection deal with the following: protests, judicial investigations, letters of testimonies and privileges, confessions, deeds of gifts, reports, orders, agreements, inspections of landmarks, local inquiries, requests, appraisals, judicial prohibitions, revocations, summons, contracts and testaments. The documents were written in Latin, Hungarian and German.
The collection includes only one document relating to Jewish history. The document from 1772 is written in Latin and investigates the case of a man named “Miko” (1772 III. No 126.). Jewish-related judicial documents are to be found in the congregation documents under heading IV.1. b.. As mentioned, issues of public administration were included in the file of the congregation records.
- Archival history:
- The Csanád county archives were established in 1717. The document collection was maintained in the office building of the county seat, Makó. The turbulent past of the county and its territorial transformations (for example, it was merged with Békés and Csanád counties in the 1780s, and Szegvár became the new county seat) affected the placement of the collection. The new collection was stored in the new centre, and some selected old documents were transferred to Szegvár. Csanád County remained in Makó (although the counties were also temporarily transformed in the 19th century). September 1950 marked fundamental changes when Szeged became the new county seat, since Csanád County was merged into Csongrád county. The documents concerning the newly developed territory of the county were transported to Szeged, where they are available today. However, the municipality of Makó seeks to place the former Csanád county documents in its own archives building, and the collection might return to Makó again.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The collection was separated under the order No. 3152. of 1786 of the ‘Seven Persons Table’ (Tabula Septemviralis) and treated separately from public administration documents. Péter Virágh, the notary of the united Csongrád-Békés-Csanád Counties completed this task in 1787. As a result of the separation, some parts of the material were taken to the new county seat of Szegvár.
- Access points: locations:
- Szeged
- Subject terms:
- Legal matters
- System of arrangement:
- The material classified on a thematic basis. Each theme comprises files arranged by years. Péter Virágh prepared location files and name indexes for the documents of the collection, which can be found at the beginning of the collection in the boxes.
- Access, restrictions:
- It is likely that this material will be moved to Makó, where it will be unavailable for an undefined period of time.
- Finding aids:
- Location files and name indexes were prepared by Péter Virágh. They are written in Latin and can be found at the beginning of the collection in the boxes.
- Yerusha Network member:
- University of Szeged
- Author of the description:
- Dr. Tibor Almási and Dr. Erzsébet Mislovics, University of Szeged, 2019
