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MalefizordnungMalefizordnung (derived from Latin "malefactor"), name for the system of judicature implemented by Maximilian I for Tyrol in 1499. "Malefiz" is an old German legal term meaning bad deed or crime; the Malefizrecht pertained to the "hohe Recht" or Blutrecht (right to administer the death penalty) which in the Middle Age was a prerogative of the Regent. Halsgerichtsordnung Literature: E. Schmidt, Die Maximilianischen Halsgerichtsordnungen, 1949.
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