Fees Paid in Civil Cases in the Duchy of Warsaw and the Kingdom of Poland (Until 1876)
Journal Title: Roczniki Nauk Prawnych - Year 2018, Vol 0, Issue 2
Abstract
The article concerns costs borne by parties to court cases in the Duchy of Warsaw and the Kingdom of Poland (until the unification of the Polish judiciary with the Russian system in the 1870s). Litigation costs included: court fees, attorneys’ and experts’ fees, travel expenses incurred by the parties and other persons whose appearance was necessary, daily allowances for the parties, witnesses and court officers, and costs of correspondence (delivered by court officers). The most important costs were the court fees, which were paid using stamped paper. The author focused on the content of three acts which comprehensively regulated the collection of stamp duty (acts of 1809, 1811 and 1863). In property litigations, the amount of stamp duty depended on the value of the disputed subject matter, while it had a regressive character (the bigger the claim, the lower the fees). However, in cases concerning non-financial claims, the fee depended on the affluence of the parties or was set as a lump sum.
Authors and Affiliations
Piotr Z. Pomianowski
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP668722
- DOI 10.18290/rnp.2018.28.2-5en
- Views 122
- Downloads 0
Financial Institutions and Individual Autonomy—a Human Rights Perspective
This paper seeks to provide a systematic analysis of the changing relations between financial institutions, banks in particular, and individuals in the 20th and 21st centuries. The first part of the study presents the hi...
A Gloss for the Judgement of the Supreme Court of 22 June 2017, File Ref. No. Iv Kk 189/17
In this gloss, the author offers a mostly favourable commentary on the content of the judgement of the Supreme Court of 22 June 2017, file ref. no. IV KK 189/17, which provides a backdrop for a discussion of the recent l...
The Protection of Client’s Interests, as Arising from the Right (Requirement) to Rely On Legal Professional Privilege in China, Compared to Polish Solutions – the Development of the System. Part IV. Chinese Model of Mutual Relationsbetween the Attorney and the Clientduring the Period of the People’s Republic of China
During the first decades that followed the establishment of the People’s Republic of China (1949) it was very difficult to pursue a legal profession. The communist authorities were reluctant and hatred against its repres...
The Protection of Client’s Interests, as Arising from the Right (Requirement) to Rely On Legal Professional Privilege in China, Compared to Polish Solutions – the Development of the System. Part III. The Chinese Model of Mutual Relations between the Attorney and the Client until 1949
The process of developing legal profession, as well as relations between the attorney and the client in China was significantly delayed and only began to exist in the beginning of the 20th century, in comparison to Europ...
Znaczenie wskazania kwalifikacji prawnej czynu oraz jej zmiany w toku postępowania karnego dla realizacji przez oskarżonego prawa do obrony
W tekście przedstawiono problematykę dotyczącą wskazania przez oskarżyciela, w tym także przez oskarżyciela publicznego, kwalifikacji prawnej czynu oraz znaczenie tej czynności dla możliwości sprawowania przez oskarżoneg...