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OREN REVISED CODE (ORC)

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PANDECTARVM JOHANNES FREDERICVS IMPERATOR

The Holy Orenian Empire’s Code of Laws, be they Civil, Criminal or Natural

 

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GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS

INTRODUCTION - Exordium

TITLE I - Classifications of Crime

TITLE II - The Ten Tables (Lex Criminalis) | Criminal Law

TITLE III - Lex Haraccene | Civil Law

TITLE IV - Lex Kaedreni | Military Law

TITLE V - Lex Piscatoris | Weights and Measures

TITLE VI - Lex Lotharingium | Procedure and Judiciary Law

TITLE VII - Lex Aristocratia | Peerage Law

TITLE VIII - Lex Arcania | Magick Law

 

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GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS

 

In accordance to the Oren Revised Code Act (1759), the Pandectarum Johannes Fredericus Imperator, shortened to the Oren Revised Code or ORC, shall be the legal codex of all laws pertaining to the Holy Orenian Empire and her Provinces.

 

Archchancellor: The head of government of the Holy Orenian Empire, leader of the Council of State.

Circuit Courts: The courts of the Holy Orenian Empire.

Dominions: Provinces which are ruled directly in the name of the Holy Orenian Emperor and are ruled by a gubernatorial government.

Council of State: The executive body of the Crown, led by the Archchancellor.

Holy Orenian Emperor (or Empress): The head of state of the Holy Orenian Empire.

Holy Orenian Empire (Oren): The country, the nation of which these laws apply. Constitutes both provinces or colonies.

House of Lords: The upper chamber of the Imperial Diet, composed of the Imperial Peerage.

Imperial Diet: The legislative body of the Crown, made up of the House of Lords and the House of Commons.

Imperial Judiciary: The judiciary body of the Crown, composed of the Supreme Court and the Circuit Courts.

Imperial Peerage: The lettered nobility of the Holy Orenian Empire.

Oren Revised Code (ORC): The lawbook of the Holy Orenian Empire.

Provinces: Full states of the Holy Orenian Empire, classed as either Royal Vassals or Dominions.

Royal Vassals: Provinces which are ruled by an autonomous government led by a peer of royalty.

House of Commons: The lower chamber of the Imperial Diet, composed of elected representatives of the Provinces organized in accordance with Imperial Edict, especially the Edict of Reform. Representatives are known as Member of the House of Commons (MHC, plural MHCs)

Supreme Court: The appellate court of the Holy Orenian Empire.

The Crown: The government of the Holy Orenian Emperor, which controls the Imperial State Military and the Imperial Peerage and rules under the direction and advice of the Council of State and the Imperial Diet.

 

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EXORDIUM ON IMPERIAL AUTHORITY

Excerpt Upon the Nature of Imperial Authority 

 

It is the crown of piety that adorns the Emperor above all other ornaments of kingship. Wealth vanishes; glory perishes, but the gift of God-given government is eternal, and it sets its possessors beyond the reach of oblivion. 

 

By the hand of Holy Pontiffs,  the Emperor is bestowed a dignity beyond all honors, for it is a dignity bestowed by God. His soul is rendered pure upon ascent and thenceforth reflects the state of his dominions; if sallow be his domain, his spirit languishes in its equal. He weighs the sins of men, and is thus burdened to toil towards a realm kin to the heavens.

 

By the nature of his body,  the Emperor is alike to other men--but by his authority, he is above all others, and no man can claim greater jurisdiction.  The Imperial Office is that of the Lord’s vice-regent in this world, and is wholly unbound by common or temporal law. He is inalienable and indomitable, as he must be so as to govern justly and fairly.

 

In receiving this dignity, the Emperor is compelled to emulate He who granted it, for though all men serve him, he is servant to God. Earthly pomp degrades the majesty of his office, as do wickedness and laxity. To afford wisdom and mercy akin to the Lord’s is the Emperor’s greatest faculty; he is credited greater capacity than any other to work justice.

 

Yet no man is his judge, and God his only confessor.  The Emperor is eminent in all things; he is above the sun that retreats before darkness, and the seas which accede to the ravings of the stars.  He is greater than the winds which toss without abandon, and the earth that lays indolent still despite calamity. The Emperor is Oren manifest: successor to its prophets and master to the world, the sovereign of all humanity who provides that esteemed folk with just governance.

 

-Prince-Father Charles Polycarp, Metropolitan of Felsen, 1527

 

ADDENDUM

Excerpt Upon the Rights of Man

 

Humanity, created by God in the image of His Prophets, is bestowed upon through His Divine Power the guaranteed, inalienable rights of Man, held above all law and rule. Through the power of the Imperial Crown, they are enforced and protected immaculate and indefinite, only transgressed by committing a mortal sin.

 

The Rights of Man include;

• THE RIGHT TO LIFE, so no man will ever be taken to the Skies so soon.
• THE RIGHT TO LIBERTY, so no man will ever be bonded by the shackles of slavery.
• THE RIGHT TO TRIAL, so no man will ever be wrongly accused when not charged by a trial of their peers.

 

These rights are the backbone of human liberty and law, preventing the slip of chaos as seen in time immemorial, acting as a shield before the dark arrows of tyranny and selfish ambition. All sons of the First Prophet, no matter of blood, language, or culture, carry upon them these golden laurels of freedom, through right of birth and sapienic kinship.

 

-Emperor Joseph I, 1718

 

ADDENDUM

General Principles of Law

 

The Binding Contract Principle;

“A binding contract exists by an expressed offer that is taken up upon by an expressed acceptance of said offer”. 

 

The Eminent Domain Principle;

“All soil, and the structures and elements upon it, are under Imperial ownership, unless specified otherwise by referenceable documents from the Imperial government”. 

 

 The Rightful Ownership Principle;

“A human with uncontested physical ownership of a good, legal tender or produce, with an absent pretext of criminality, is assumed to be the rightful legal owner.”

 

The Penalty Principle;

“The gravity of a crime can exceed the amount of justice the conventional punishments could bring, and therefore might require the execution of the criminal”.

 

The Exclusion (Leumont) Principle;

“Everything established within the physical, administrative and diplomatic dimension that is not in accordance to the rule of law; is considered to have never existed.”

 

 

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TITLE II - THE TEN TABLES (LEX CRIMINALIS)

 

CH 201 - On Defining the Tables

201.01 - The activity of the Ten Tables is to elucidate our wishes for the dispensation of justice within our realm. At our charge, its precepts are enacted, and in our absence, they shall service the state in contending against iniquity. We thus commit our servants to see to its righteous execution, in accordance with the three principles of law: to live virtuously, to trespass no one, and to give each his due.

201.02 - Thus we consider all crime as injury against the well being of one of seven parties, each the subject of an equal number of preceding Tables: the individual, property, the state, the faith, the public morality, public order, and the imperial office. Proximately, the ninth table concerns inchoate offenses, and the tenth legal defenses for mitigation of punishment.

201.03 - Of the offenses enumerated herein, each is classified according to its degree, of which there exist three, and upon which culpability and just punishment shall be evaluated. The applicable sanction for each crime and degree of injury are recorded within Title I. These degrees are: 

(A) The third degree offense, of the least severity.

(B) The second degree offense, of middling severity.

(C) The first degree offense, of the greatest severity. 

201.04 - Of the offenses enumerated herein, each is assigned specific punishment according to its severity, of which that exists four, and which the plaintiff evaluates and chooses the appropriate sentence, and the magistrate orders at his discretion. The applicable sanction for each crime is recorded within the table the crime is located. The assigned classes of punishments are:

 

201.041 - Infractions, of least severity, include the appropriated sentences: monetary fine up to two thousand mina, disbarring from public office for up to two annum, confinement to prison for up to two annum, banishment up to two annum, conscription up to five annum, designated service to faith up to five annum, flogging up to fifteen lashes, birching up to fifteen lashes, pillory up to one hour, branding by hot iron on the chest or buttocks.

 

201.042 - Misdemeanors, of middling severity, include the appropriated sentences: monetary fine up to fifteen thousand mina, disbarring from public office for up to ten annum, confinement to prison for up to ten annum, banishment up to ten annum, conscription up to twenty annum, designated service to faith up to twenty annum, flogging up to thirty lashes, birching up to thirty lashes, pillory up to three hours, branding by hot iron on a limb, chest, or buttocks.

 

201.043 - Felonies, of great severity, include the appropriated sentences: monetary fine up to fifty thousand mina, disbarring from public office for up to a lifetime, confinement to prison for up to a lifetime, banishment up to a lifetime, conscription up to a lifetime, designated service to faith up to a lifetime, flogging up to sixty lashes, birching up to sixty lashes, pillory up to three hours, branding by hot iron on a limb, chest, buttocks, or face, execution by hanging.

 

201.044 - Treason, of intolerable severity, includes the appropriated sentences: execution by hanging, execution by crossbow or arbalest if offender is an enlisted soldier, attainder.

 

CH 202 - Injury against the Person

202.01 - On Assault

202.011 - Where an individual intentionally makes an unlawful attempt, coupled with a present ability, to commit a violent injury on the person of another, this shall be assault, a misdemeanor.

202.02 - On Battery

202.021- Where an individual intentionally commits upon another an unlawful act of violence which brings about no incapacitation or lasting injury, this shall be battery of the third degree, an infraction.

202.022 - Where an individual intentionally commits upon another an unlawful act of violence which brings about lasting but not permanent injury, incapacitates for any length of time, or utilizes a dangerous weapon, this shall be battery of the second degree, a misdemeanor.

202.023 - Where an individual intentionally commits upon another an act of unlawful violence which brings about permanent injury, this shall be battery of the first degree, a felony.

202.03 - On Manslaughter

202.031 - Where an individual in the commission of an unlawful act, not amounting to a felony; or in the commission of a lawful act which might produce death, in an unlawful manner, or without due caution, this shall be involuntary manslaughter, a misdemeanor. 

202.032 - Where an individual brings about the death of another without malice upon a sudden quarrel or heat of passion, this shall be voluntary manslaughter, a felony.

202.04 - On Murder

202.041 - Where an individual intentionally commits such an act of violence upon another which brings about their death, with no premeditation, this shall be a murder in the second degree, a felony.

202.042 - Where an individual intentionally and with premeditation causes the death of another, this shall be murder in the first degree, a felony.

202.05 - On Mayhem

                                202.051 - Lemonade Legal Reforms Act (1776): Where an individual negligently commits such an act as to bring about the superficial disfigurement of another, or the removal of a single digit, this shall be mayhem in the third degree, a misdemeanor.

202.052 - Where an individual intentionally or negligently commits such an act as to bring about the crippling disfigurement of another, or the removal of multiple digits, this shall be mayhem in the second degree, a felony.

202.053 - Where an individual intentionally or negligently commits such an act as to bring about the dismemberment of another, the destruction of an eye, castration, or other irreparable loss of an appendage or organ, this shall be mayhem in the first degree, a felony.

202.054 - Shearing Act (1752): Imposing, threatening, or engaging in the clipping of ears towards an Elf is illegal.

202.06 - On Kidnapping

202.061 - Where an individual intentionally abducts, restrains, or confines another individual against their will without physical harm or endangerment of the victim, this shall be kidnapping in the second degree, a misdemeanor.

202.062 - Where an individual intentionally abducts, restrains, or confines another individual against their will, and in the course of this brings about physical harm or endangerment of the victim, this shall be kidnapping in the first degree, a felony.

202.07 - On Hostages

202.071- Where an individual who commits the offense of kidnapping, as defined in section 202.06, against a person for the purposes of protection from arrest, which substantially increases harm to the victim, this shall be hostages, a felony.

202.08 - On Defamation

202.081 - Where an individual disseminates false information about an individual, without intent to harm the reputation of that individual, this shall be defamation in the third degree, an infraction.

202.082 - Where an individual disseminates false information about an individual, with intent to harm the reputation of that individual, this shall be defamation in the second degree, an infraction.

202.083 - Where an individual disseminates false information about an individual, with intent to harm the reputation of that individual, in a public space or by distribution of printed materials, this shall be defamation in the first degree, a misdemeanor.

202.09 - On Impersonation

202.091 - Where an individual intentionally assumes the identity of another individual for any purpose except the carrying out of high treason, this shall be impersonation in the second degree, an infraction.

202.092 - Where an individual intentionally assumes the identity of another individual in order to carry out high treason, this shall be impersonation in the first degree, a felony.

202.093 - Medical Validation Act (1738): Impersonating a doctor shall fall under ORC202.071.

202.010 - Criminal Justice Reform Act (1746): On Torture and Cruel and Unusual Punishment

202.0101 - Where an individual intentionally afflicts another with injury for revenge or coercion of one party to another, this shall be torture, a misdemeanor.

202.0102 - Where an individual sustains the imprisonment of an individual who is below the age of majority, this shall be minor imprisonment, a misdemeanor.

202.0103 - Uses of torture and enhanced interrogation may only be employed with an expressed written and signed writ from an Imperial magistrate in a court of law. The provision of this amendment and due process for the permission of torture by a court of law shall be waived for those deemed as enemy combatants of the Holy Orenian Empire.

202.11 - Medical Validation Act (1738): On Malpractice

202.111 - Where an individual knowingly mistreats or denies necessary care to a patient to a point of small or moderate damage, this shall be defined as malpractice in the third degree, an infraction.

202.112 - Where an individual knowingly mistreats or denies necessary care to a patient to a point of great damage, this shall be defined as malpractice in the second degree, a misdemeanor.

202.113 - If an individual knowlingly mistreats or denies necessary care to a patient to the point of death, this shall be treated as murder. (see ORC202.02)

CH 203 - On Injury against Property

203.01 - On Theft

203.011 - Where an individual intentionally deprives another of moveable property without the consent of its owner, and this property totals less than one thousand minas in value, this shall be theft in the third degree, an infraction.

203.012 - Where an individual intentionally deprives another of moveable property without the consent of its owner, and this property totals greater than one thousand minas but less than ten thousand minas in value, this shall be theft in the second degree, a misdemeanor.

203.013 - Where an individual intentionally deprives another of moveable property without the consent of its owner, and this property totals greater than ten thousand minas in value, this shall be theft in the first degree, a felony.

203.02 - On Burglary

203.021 - Where an individual unlawfully enters an uninhabited property this shall be burglary in the second degree, a misdemeanor.

203.022 - Where an individual unlawfully enters an inhabited property, this shall be burglary in the first degree, a felony.

203.03 - On Burglary Tools

203.031 - Where an individual is in possession of any tool, explosive or any other device commonly used in the commission of a burglary, theft or other crime with the intent to make use thereof in commission of a crime, this shall be burglary tools, an infraction.. 

203.04 - On Robbery

203.041 - Where an individual intentionally deprives an owner of his moveable property through violence or threat of violence, this shall be robbery, a felony.

203.05 - On Forgery

203.051 - Where an individual, with the intent to defraud, knowing that he or she has no authority to do so, signs the name of another person or of a fictitious person, this shall be forgery, an infraction

203.06 - On Vandalism

203.061 - Where an individual intentionally or negligently damages or defaces the property of another, and this damage is of small or moderate amounts, this shall be vandalism in the second degree, an infraction.

203.062 - Where an individual intentionally or negligently damages or defaces the property of another, and this damage is of great amounts, this shall be vandalism in the first degree, a misdemeanor.

203.07 - On Arson

203.071 - Where an individual negligently damages or defaces the property of another through fire,  this shall be arson in the second degree, an misdemeanor.

203.072 - Where an individual intentionally damages or defaces the property of another through fire, this shall be vandalism in the first degree, a felony.

203.08 - On Trespassing

203.081 - Where an individual refuses to leaves another’s property, or returns to a property they’ve been barred from, this shall be trespassing, an infraction.

203.09 - On Poaching

203.091 - Where an individual intentionally or negligently hunts a beast or bird within the borders of a reserved wood, this shall be poaching, an infraction.

203.10 - On Bad Debt

203.101 - Where an individual fails to resolve a relatively small or moderate debt to another individual in a reasonable amount of time, this shall be bad debt in the second degree, a misdemeanor.

203.102 - Where an individual fails to resolve a relatively large debt to another individual in a reasonable amount of time, this shall be bad debt in the first degree, a felony.

203.103 - Before convicting an individual of  bad debt, a court should look to seize an individual's assets.

CH 204 - On Injury against the State

204.01 - Treason and Sedition Act (1751) : On Treason

Where an individual commits acts with the intent to compromise the integrity of the Crown and its constituent institutions by waging insurrection and seeking the destruction of the Imperial State by impugning the character and person of the Crown through subversive means such as collusion with enemy entities and actors against the State, this shall be the crime of treason.

204.01A - Treason and Sedition Act (1751) : On Petty Treason

Where an individual sows divisions through the active propagation of malicious rhetoric, manifestos, ideologies, and other devices with the intent to dissuade the conscience of the society from the State, this shall be the crime of petty treason, charged with the crime of treason.

204.02 - Treason and Sedition Act (1751): On Sedition

Where an individual intention to bring into hatred or contempt, or to incite disaffection against the person of His Majesty, his heirs or successors, or the government and constitution of the Holy Orenian Empire, as by law established, or the House of Commons, or the administration of justice, or to excite His Majesty's subjects to attempt otherwise than by lawful means, the alteration of any matter in Church or State by law established, or to incite any person to commit any crime in disturbance of the peace, or to raise discontent or disaffection amongst His Majesty's subjects, or to promote feelings of ill-will and hostility between different classes of such subjects, this shall be the crime of sedition, charged with the crime of treason.

204.03 - On Contraband

204.031 - Where an individual knowingly possesses illegal substances, literature, or items, this shall be the crime of possession of contraband in the third degree, an infraction.

204.032 - Where an individual knowingly sells, markets, purchases, or transfers ownership of illegal substances, literature, or items,  this shall be the crime of possession of contraband in the second degree, a misdemeanor.

204.033 - Where an individual knowingly manufactures illegal substances, literature, or items, this shall be the crime of possession of contraband in the first degree, a felony.

204.04 - On Obstruction

204.041 - Where an individual interferes with, obstructs the progress of, or otherwise hinders government officials and prosecutors during the apprehension or investigation of a criminal or criminal activity, this shall be the crime of obstruction in the first degree, an infraction.

204.05 - On Tax Evasion

204.051 - Where an individual fails to render full payment in a timely manner for a lawfully enacted metropolitan, baronial, comital, or civil tax, this shall be the crime of tax evasion in the third degree, an infraction.

204.052 - Where an individual fails to render full payment in a timely manner for a lawfully enacted imperial, royal, ducal, or gubernatorial tax, this shall be the crime of tax evasion in the second degree, a misdemeanor.

204.053 - Where an individual fails to render full payment in a timely manner for a lawfully enacted wartime tax or mandatory tithe, this shall be the crime of tax evasion in the first degree, a felony.

204.06 - On Absconding

204.061 - Where an individual fails or intentionally avoids surrendering oneself to the custody of Imperial officials at the appropriate time, this shall be the crime of absconding, and in the case of the awaiting trial immediately confirms guilt, dismissing the need for lawful hearing.

204.07 - On Bribery

204.071 - Where an individual persuades or attempts to persuade any judicial officer, juror, referee, arbitrator, public official, government official, or any person who may be authorized by the law to hear or determine any question or controversy, with the intent to influence their vote, opinion or decision with a monetary gift, this shall be bribery, a misdemeanor.

204.072 - Where an judicial officer, juror, referee, arbitrator, public official, government official, or any person who may be authorized by the law to hear or determine any question or controversy accepts or attempts to accept a monetary gift, for the intent of influencing their vote, opinion or decision, this shall be bribery, a felony.

204.08 - On Extortion

203.041 - Where an individual obtains money, titles, or other property from another with his or her consent, or the obtaining of an official act from a public office, induced by a wrongful use of force or fear, this shall be extortion, a misdemeanor. 

204.09 - On Perjury

204.091 - Where an individual intentionally misleads, deceives, or withholds pertinent information from an interrogating agent of the law, this shall be perjury in the second degree, a misdemeanor.

204.092 - Where an individual intentionally misleads, deceives, or withholds pertinent information from an interrogating agent of the law during the course of a criminal or civil trial, this shall be perjury in the first degree, a felony.

204.093 - Where an individual intentionally misleads, deceives, or withholds pertinent information from an interrogating agent of the law during the course of a trial of high treason, this shall be perjury in the first degree, charged with the penalty of treason.

204.010 - On Fraud

204.0101 - Where an individual intentionally or negligently fails to abide by the terms of a written or verbal contract, misleads regarding its terms, or provides insufficient consideration for its completion, to the detriment of another, and this detriment is of small or moderate amounts, this shall be fraud in the second degree, an infraction.

204.0101 - Where an individual intentionally or negligently fails to abide by the terms of a written or verbal contract, misleads regarding its terms, or provides insufficient consideration for its completion, to the detriment of another, and this detriment is of great amounts, this shall be fraud in the first degree, a misdemeanor.

204.011 - On Embezzlement

204.0111 - When a government official intentionally or negligently, steals, withholds, purloins, or knowingly converts to his use or the use of another, or without authority, sells, conveys or disposes of any record, voucher, money, or thing of value of the Orenian Empire, this shall be embezzlement, a felony.

204.012 - On Rescue

204.0121 - When an individual who willfully injures or destroys, or takes or attempts to take, or assists any person in or attempting to take, from the custody of any officer or person, any personal property which such officer or person has in charge under any process of law, this shall be rescue, a misdemeanor.

204.013 - On Unauthorized Military Organizations

204.1131 - When an individual intentionally or negligently operates as a part of an organization that meets the definition of a private military organization and is operating under an expired authorization, this shall be an Unauthorized Military Organization in the second degree, an infraction.

204.1132 - When an individual intentionally or negligently operates as a part of an organization that meets the definition of a private military organization and has not received proper authorization, this shall be an Unauthorized Military Organization in the first degree, a misdemeanor.

 

CH 205 - On Injury against the Faith

205.01 - On Blasphemy

205.011 - Where an individual intentionally speaks sacrilegiously or in contrary to the teachings or dogma of God or the heavens, this shall be the crime of blasphemy, a misdemeanor.

205.02 - On Apostasy

205.021 - Where an individual intentionally abandons or renunciates the teachings or dogma of God or the heavens, this shall be the crime of apostasy, a misdemeanor.

205.03 - On Heresy

205.031 - Where an individual intentionally believes or partakes in false teachings or dogma of God or the heavens, this shall be the crime of heresy, a misdemeanor.

205.04 - On Atheism

205.041 - Where an individual intentionally rejects the existence of God or the heavens, this shall be the crime of atheism, a misdemeanor.

205.05 - On Evangelization of False Faiths

205.051 - Where an individual intentionally spreads and converts other individuals to the belief of a faith in contrary to that of the Canonist faith, this shall be the crime of evangelization of false faith, a misdemeanor.

205.06 - On Evangelization of Heresy

205.061 - Where an individual intentionally spreads the false belief of unorthodox and untrue dogma or teachings to other individuals, this shall be the crime of evangelization of heresy or false doctrines, a misdemeanor.

205.07 - On Devilry

205.071 - Where an individual intentionally and actively participates in the worship of demons and devils, evangelizes the worship of demons and devils, or encourages the growth of devilic cults, this shall be the crime of devilry, a felony.

CH 206 - On Injury against Morality

206.01 - On Indecency

206.011 - Where an individual intentionally and deliberately dresses in an immoral or obscene fashion, usually in a sexual manner, this shall be the crime of indecency, an infraction.

206.02 - On Gambling

206.021 - Where an individual intentionally partakes in unsanctioned betting in games or events, usually for the reward of money or property, this shall be the crime of gambling, an infraction.

206.022 - The Ratibor Act (1759):  Individuals are permitted to partake in friendly wagers, gambling, and card games as a decriminalized act, only punishable if such endeavors reach an institutional level without proper dispensation.

206.023 - An undispensed level of gambling that would violate CH 206.02 shall be defined as an organized business promoting gambling in such a way that it inspires a spirit of immorality, indecency, and dissent among its patrons.

206.024 - Institutionalized gambling halls are exempt from CH 206.02 if granted dispensation by the local provincial authority or imperial authority, namely the relevant Lord Lieutenant, Governor-General, Lord Palatinate, or by writ of the Ministry of the Interior, or by imperial decree, in that order of authority, with the understanding that their writ dictates the establishment is one honest and in line with Orenian tradition.

206.03 - On Deviancy

206.031 - Where an individual intentionally acts in unusual or unaccepted standards, especially in social or political behavior, this shall be the crime of deviancy, an infraction.

206.04- On Obscene Materials

206.041 - Where an individual possesses materials that are determined to be obscene to a reasonable person, this shall be the crime of obscene materials, an infraction.

206.05 - On Witchcraft

206.051 - Where an individual intentionally partakes and practices the dark arts, such as blood magic, or other sacrilegious activities, this shall be the crime of witchcraft, a felony.

206.06 - On Fornication

206.061 - Where an unmarried individual intentionally fornicates another individual in a public or private location, this shall be the crime of fornication, an infraction.

206.07 - On Adultery

206.071 - Where a married individual intentionally fornicates with another who is not the spouse, this shall be the crime of adultery, a misdemeanor.

206.08 - On Consanguinity

206.081 - Where an individual intentionally fornicates or has immoral relationship with one’s close family, such as with father, with mother, with siblings, or with offspring, this shall be the crime of consanguinity, a misdemeanor.

206.082 - Certain cases of consanguinity may be allowed by decree of the Holy Orenian Emperor.

206.09 - On Miscegenation

206.091 - Where an individual intentionally fornicates with one not of his race, such as man and elf or man and dwarf, this shall be the crime of miscegenation, a misdemeanor.

CH 207 - On Injury against Order

207.01 - On Vagrancy

207.011 - Where an individual intentionally lives the life of a vagrant, participating in improper begging, and illegally staying in residences and towns, this shall be the crime of vagrancy, a misdemeanor.

207.02 - On Loitering

207.021 - Where an individual intentionally travels indolently and pauses frequently for socialization in order to disrupt trade, commerce, or business, this shall be the crime of loitering, an infraction.

207.03 - On Concealment of Identity

207.031 - Where an individual intentionally conceals or hides oneself’s identity to an agent of the law, this shall be the crime of concealing one’s identity, an infraction.

207.04 - On Vigilantism

207.041 - Where an individual intentionally apprehends, convicts, or punishes another individual of a crime but is not an agent of the law or given permission by the Imperial Office, this shall be the crime of vigilantism, a misdemeanor.

207.05 - On Disturbing the Peace

207.051 - Where an individual intentionally and deliberately hinders or interrupts the common peace by embellished performance or immoral behavior, this shall be the crime of disturbing the peace, an infraction.

CH 208 - On Injury against the Imperial Office

208.01 - On Injured Majesty

208.011 - Where an individual intentionally and deliberately defames the Imperial Office or Imperial House, this shall be injured majesty, a felony.

208.02 - On Harmed Majesty

208.021 - Where an individual unintentionally physically harms a member of the Imperial Office or Imperial House, this shall be harmed majesty in the second degree, a felony.

208.022 - Where an individual intentionally physically harms a member of the Imperial Office or Imperial House, this shall be harmed majesty in the first degree, charged with the punishment of treason.

208.03 - On Imperial Homicide

208.031 - Where an individual intentionally or unintentionally murders a member of the Imperial Office or Imperial House, this shall be the crime of Imperial Homicide, charged with the punishment of treason.

CH 209 - On Inchoate Offenses

209.01 - On Conspiracy

209.011 - Where an individual knowingly signals intent to commit a crime at a future time, this shall be the crime of conspiracy, and is subject to the same class of punishment of the crime which conspiracy is caused for.

209.02 - On Incitement

209.021 - Where an individual intentionally incites or encourages another individual into committing a crime, this shall be the crime of incitement, and is subject to the same class of punishment of the crime which incitement is caused for.

209.03 - On Attempt

209.031 - Where an individual actively attempts, but fails to commit, a crime, the individual shall be held liable with a mitigated punishment according to the crime which was attempted.

CH 210 - On Legal Defenses

210.01 - Ex turpi causa non oritur actio

210.011 - Where an individual accusing another of a crime where evidence was obtained through criminal means, the individual accused is not held liable.

210.02 - Volenti non fit injuria

210.021 - Where an individual consents or actively places oneself in a position of harm or danger, that individual may not bring a claim against another party in tort or delict.

210.03 - In pari delicto

210.031 - Where the individual held liable for a crime and the party convicting the individual for a crime is deemed both at fault, whether for the same crime or similar, both the individual and the convicting party shall not be held liable.

210.04 - On Duress

210.041 - Where an individual commits a crime intentionally, but under reasonably proximate threat of force equal to or less than the severity of the crime committed, that individual shall not be held liable. Rather, the individual responsible for the threat shall be held liable.

210.05 - On Entrapment

210.051 - Where an individual is encouraged or compelled by an agent of the law to commit a crime they otherwise would not have intended to commit, that individual shall not be held liable.

210.06 - On Infancy

210.061 - Where an individual is below the age of twelve years and commits a third degree or lesser crime, that individual shall not be held liable. If the individual commits a second degree or greater crime, the individual shall be held liable with mitigated punishment or lesser conviction.

210.07 - On Necessity

210.071 - Where an individual is compelled by circumstances beyond his control, as a last resort, commit a crime in order to prevent a more injurious outcome, that individual shall not be held liable.

210.08 - On Provocation

210.081 - Where an individual is invoked or compelled by another individual to act with a sudden or temporary loss of self control and commits a crime as a response, the individual shall be held liable with mitigated punishment or lesser conviction.

210.09 - On Incapability

210.091 - Where an individual is physically or mentally unable to meet the requirements given by law for punishment or conviction, the individual shall not be held liable.

210.10 - On Immunity

210.101 - Where an agent of the law, in the course of their duties and acting within the bounds assigned to them, is compelled to commit a violation of the law, that agent shall not be held liable

 

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TITLE III - LEX HARACCENE 

 

CH 301 - On Personhood

301.01 - On Establishing Citizenship

301.011 - The following are citizens of the empire by birth;

(A) Those born of an Orenian father.

(B) Those born within the empire with unknown filliation. Those with the first place of existence being within the empire due to mortis causa or otherwise shall be recognised as citizens of the empire.

(C) Those born within the empire, of foreign parents, if their parents were also born within the empire.

301.012 - Birth of a man within the territory of the empire is not sufficient cause to grant citizenship to the man. Fealty may be sworn to the emperor and his lands on reaching the eighteenth birthday.

301.013 - The possession and continued use of property within the empire for a period as so judged by a magistrate can be used as legal proof of citizenship if so requested by the citizen. 

301.014 - Nationality may be granted by decree of the Holy Orenian Emperor

301.015 - Nationality and status of citizenship may be revoked by decree of the Holy Orenian Emperor

301.016 - Foreigners resident in the empire enjoy the protection of the laws of the empire, and the rights they so afford. Should the foreigner breach these laws, they too nullify their protection of them.

301.016 - Residency within the empire is verified on a regular basis through the office of a censure and the signing of the census by the citizen. A refusal to do this is implied, but not explicit, implication of a rescission of citizenship.

301.02 - On Establishing Entities

301.021 - Corporations, companies, associations and foundations are recognised as entities under law and are accountable hereafter to the laws governing them.

301.022 - People are recognised as entities under the law on reaching the age of majority.

301.023 - Legal entities enjoy the same privileges, including the possession and acquisition of property, chattel et al. afforded to citizens.

301.024 - Decree may revoke legal personhood if so required.

301.03 - On Marriage

301.031 - The obligation of marriage is not the promise of marriage.

301.032 - Men and women are those entitled to marriage in accordance to the Canon and these legal provisions.

301.033 - There shall be no marriage without matrimonial consent.

301.034 - Persons already joined in marriage may not marry.

301.035 - Minors may not marry without the consent of their father or guardian.

301.036 - Direct line relatives of consanguinity may not marry. 

301.037 - Collateral relatives by consanguinity of the third degree may not marry.

301.038 - Any citizen may marry inside or outside of the empire before a member of the clergy.

301.039 - The marriage shall not be affected by legitimate appointment of the member of clergy performing the marriage should both spouses and member of the clergy be acting in good faith.

301.0310 - Marriage must be performed before a member of the clergy and two witnesses of legal age.

301.0311 - It shall be assumed that the married partners share a domicile.

301.0312 - It is the right of the Emperor, his privy, and the church of the Canon to render nullity of marriage should this be deemed necessary.

301.0313 - All marriages require the consent of the man and the legal patriarch of the woman participating in matrimony. If this patriarchal prerogative is withheld and the marriage proceeds, it is to be considered unlawful and null.

301.0314 - In the case of marriages of the princes, landed lords and their immediate male heirs, express permission to marry must be sought from and granted by the Crown. If this Imperial prerogative is withheld and the marriage proceeds, it is to be considered unlawful and null.

301.04 - On Suffrage

301.041 - Citizens of the nation shall maintain the right to suffrage in national elections.

301.042 - Criminal Justice Reform Act (1746): In cases of conviction by a court of law, the right of suffrage for the individual is waived.

301.05 - Criminal Justice Reform Act (1746): On Due Process and Equal Protection

302.051 - Citizens of the nation shall maintain the right to due process when convicted.

302.052 - Equal protection under the law is maintained within all courts of law irregardless of status, occupation, and other extraordinary circumstances.

301.06 - Imperial Personhood Act (1754): On Personhood

302.061 - A pure-blooded member of one of the four primary Descendent races (human, elf, dwarf, orc) is a person.

302.062 - A mixed-blooded individual whose blood is a combination of human, elf, or dwarf descent is a person.

302.063 - All who do not fall into the two above categories (see: 302.061, 302.062) are not persons under the eyes of the law, and do not receive the legal protections or provisions offered to persons.

302.064 - Ologs and other oversized orc-like entities of mental deficiency do not fall into the category of personhood.

301.07 - Paddington Act (1756): On Intelligent Non-Personhood

301.071 - An intelligent non-person may acquire limited citizenship within the Empire.

301.072 - An intelligent non-person must have a legal sponsor, who shall represent them in all legal affairs of state and serve as legal guardian.

301.073 - An intelligent non-person will be granted the Right to Life.

301.074 - An intelligent non-person may acquire property within the Empire, though only in areas specifically selected by local governments to be available for purchase for them - otherwise it is on their sponsor to house them.

301.075 - An intelligent non-person may not vote in Imperial Elections of the House of Commons.

301.076 - An intelligent non-person may not hold Government Positions within the Empire.

301.076 - An intelligent non-persons are defined as Hou-Zi, Anurians, or Kharajyr.

301.077 - The Goblin Act (1761): Goblins shall be considered Intelligent Non-Persons under law.

301.078 – Intelligent Non-Person Testimony Act(1782): Intelligent Non-Persons shall be allowed to testify in a legal court, providing they have their legal sponsor present at the time of the trial.

301.08 - Civil Unions Act (1760): On Civil Unions

301.081 – Civil unions shall be defined as the enjoining of non-human male and female individuals into the institution of marriage as recognized by the Holy Orenian Empire.

301.082 – Both the bride and the groom must be of the same race. 

301.083 – Civil unions legally recognized by a court of law in the Holy Orenian Empire shall, by right, be recognized that their children be lawfully entitled to their property and inheritance.

301. 084 – Civil unions are dissolved upon the case of legal separation and or death of either spouse.

301.085 – Civil unions shall be performed by the Circuit Courts of the Holy Orenian Empire, presided by a magistrate confirmed by the House of Commons.

301.086 – All articles of section 301.03 ‘On Marriage’ of the Oren Revised Code shall apply to civil unions, with the exceptions of articles 301.032, 301.038-0310, and 301.0312.

301.087 – It shall be the right of the Emperor, his privy, and the Circuit Court which created the union, to render the nullity of union should this be deemed necessary.

301.088 – A registry is to be established and maintain a list of marriages officiated under the provision of civil unions in the Circuit Courts of the Holy Orenian State.

301.089 – The Department of Civil Affairs shall maintain the official record of all civil unions officiated by the Circuit Courts of the Holy Orenian Empire. 

 

CH 302 - On Paternity, Filiation and Bastardry

302.01 - On Filiation

302.011 - Filiation is assumed when the child is born to parents in a marriage or civil union, and is assumed to be absent otherwise. A child with a recognised filial relation to their father is deemed “legitimate”. Children born outside wedlock are deemed “illegitimate”.

302.012 - Filiation determines surnames.

302.013 - Filiation is determined by the paternal line.

302.014 - It is the obligation of the father to care for the child.

302.015 - Any person of significant interest may declare filiation or lack thereof. This prerogative is perpetually maintained and reserved by the Crown and subsequent courts of law thereof.

302.016 - Illegitimate children enjoy no legal entitlement to inheritance.

302.02 - On Guardianship

302.021 - It is the right of the Church of the Canon to take wards of the church, should there be no sufficient guardian by blood.

302.022 - It is the right of the emperor to decide wards of the state, should there be no sufficient guard by blood and the refusal of the Canon.

CH 303 - On Property Ownership

303.01 - On Classification

303.011 - All things subject to appropriation shall be considered either immovable or movable property.

303.012 - The classification of property may be decided by the emperor.

303.013 - Property is either public or private domain, as so decided by the emperor.

303.014 - Should a piece of public domain property be ceded, enclosed or no longer be destined for general use, it shall become the property of the imperial crown.

303.02 - On Ownership

303.021 - Ownership is the right to enjoyment and disposal of a thing, without limitation beyond the law.

303.022 - Ownership is acquired through occupancy, by gift, testate and intestate succession, and as a result of contracts of tradition.

303.023 - Nobody may be deprived of ownership by another.

303.024 - The owner of a plot of land is the owner of the surface and that beneath it.

303.025 - Property capable of appropriate without an owner, such as abandoned movable things or wild game, are acquired by occupancy.

303.026 - Game that pass from their respective breeding place to lands owned by a different owner shall be the property of the latter, unless found to have been attracted through fraud, artifice or lure. (see ORC203.07)

303.027 - A person who finds a movable thing must return it to its owner, unless it is declared treasure. The movable thing must be held for two years, and the thing shall belong to he who found it after the lapse of this period of time. If it cannot be held without severe maintenance that would otherwise cause detriment to the value of the movable thing, it will be publicly auctioned. If unable to be auctioned, it shall be redistributed by the imperial crown.

303.028 - If the owner is to appear within this time, the finder is entitled to a prize for finding equal to one tenth of the value of the thing.

303.029 - Treasures belong to the owner of the land of which it is found, or if conflicted, to the imperial crown. The status of treasure is decided by judgement of magistrate. The imperial crown is entitled to fifty percent of the value of the treasure from the finder.

303.030 - Paddington Act (1756): Creatures that are not produced by natural means, will be considered property of the owner, therefore making the owner liable for any actions done by the creature. These include: Golems. Atronachs. Animii.

303.03 - On Absence

303.031 - Following a public absence, as decided by a magistrate or the Emperor, of eight years of more, it is the right of these parties to redistribute the patrimony of the absentee among his heirs.

303.032 - If no heir is present to make claim to the patrimony, it may be placed under the imperial crown until such an heir should arise.

303.04 - On Accession

303.041 - The fruits of the property, be they civil, industrial or natural belong to the owner of the property.

303.042 - Anything built, sewn or produced in another’s plot of land belongs to the owner of the plot of land.

303.05 - On Boundaries

303.051 - Any owner is entitled to mark and define the boundaries of their properties and lands and hold the right to define the boundaries as such when brought to a court of law.

303.052 - These boundaries may not be defined if they infringe or encroach upon the boundaries of the lands and properties of another, if this is deemed a matter of legal conflict, it is the duty of the steward of the lands and the magistrates of the crown to decide the boundaries.

303.06 - On The Intellectual

303.061 - Intellectual Property Act (1777):

                  303.0610 – The owner of an original work, as licensed as their own intellectual property, may exploit and dispose of it at will. The owner may license or sell the rights defined by the claims of the intellectual property.

                  303.0611 – Where an individual reproduces, distributes, or shares copies or duplicates of a work or title that is exclusively chartered, patented, or branded, this shall be infringement by association in the second degree - an infraction.

303.07 - On Possession and Acquisition

303.071 - Possession is the holding of a thing, or the enjoyment of a right by a legal person.

303.071 - Possession is to be assumed to be being acted in good faith.

303.072 - Hereditary property is transferred to the heir without interruption from the moment of death of the descendant.

303.073 - Possession may not occur violently. If a man believes they have the right to deprive another of their property, it is to be brought before a court if it is refused to be delivered by the owner.

303.074 - A possessor may lose the thing;

(A) By abandonment.

(B) By total destruction or loss.

(C) By another’s possession, even against their will, should the new possession last uncontested for more than ten years.

 

303.08 - The Entrepreneurship Act (1760): On The Imperial Company Registry

303.081 - A Registry shall be created in the Ministry of the Treasury. The task of this Imperial Company Registry (ICR) shall be to register all the companies licensed for operation within the HOE.

303.082 - All new companies that wish to operate within the HOE must register themselves with the ICR before starting operations.

303.083 - The Imperial Company Registry shall be in charge of ensuring that all companies eligible for discounts and tax breaks receive said aids in the establishment of their companies.

303.084 - Properties that are used for the purpose of operating a business will no longer be registered in the name of the owner of the Company, but rather in the name of the company itself.

303.085 - A discount of 50% of the price of property shall be made available to new companies that fit with the following eligibility: Be a company registered in the ICR, the company has no property registered in its name, and The company is not a sub-company of a mother company.

303.086 - A company shall be eligible for a tax exemption over the course of two Saint’s weeks the company fits with the following eligibility: Be a company registered in the ICR, and the company has purchased its first property within the last year.

 

CH 304 - On Obligation

304.01 - On Defining Obligation

304.011 - All obligations consist of giving, doing or refraining from doing an act.

304.012 - Obligations arise from law and contract.

304.013 - Those that arise from acts or omissions of fault or negligence shall be governed by the following provisions.

304.02 - On The Extinguishing of Obligation

304.021 - The promise of the delivery of a thing is a promise of delivery of the thing with all fitting entirely, even if not so mentioned.

304.022 - If a person obliged to do something has not done it, it is ordered to be done at his expense.

304.023 - All obligations are enforceable from the present unless their performance depend on the fulfillment or action of a future event.

304.024 - Obligations that face impossible conditions shall be deemed in bad faith and not written.

304.025 - The condition should be fulfilled should the obligor purposefully prevent its fulfillment.

304.026 - Obligations are extinguished by their payment or performance, forgiveness of the debt, rule of bad faith by a judge, or the loss of the thing owed.

304.03 - On Private Documents and Deeds

304.031 - Private documents shall have the same value as a deed between those who executed it and their successors.

304.032 - Private documents may not alter the covenants of a contract if to the detriment of the debtor.

304.033 - If a debtor wishes to accept private documents with provisions beneficial to him, he must also except those provisions detrimental.

CH 305 - On Contracts

305.01 - On Consent

305.011 - There is no contract without the consent of the parties, cause of the obligation of agreement and object of agreement.

305.012 - Consent is the coincidence of the offer and the acceptance over the thing and the cause which constitute the contract.

305.013 - Minors may not consent to contracts, unless ruled otherwise by a magistrate.

305.014 - Consent is null and void if caused by error, coercion, intimidation or fraudulent misrepresentation.

305.016 - Fraudulent is not nullifying if used by both parties.

305.02 - On Matter of Contract

305.021 - All things not beyond the bounds of commerce between men of the empire may be bound by contract.

305.03 - On Cause of Contract

305.031 - Contracts without a cause, unlawful causes or false causes are null and void. An unlawful cause is a cause ruled to be against the laws or morals of the land.

305.04 - On Interpretation

305.041 - All parties must abide by the literal meaning of clauses of contracts if they are clear and leave no doubt to the intention of the contract.

305.042 - Words with multiple meanings are to be understood in the meaning in accordance to the nature and subject of the agreement, or, in cases when this may be conflicted, in the benefit of the debtor.

305.043 - Obscure clauses may not favour the party who created the obscurity.

305.044 - In the event of doubts of the intention of contracts and the intention cannot be known, the contract is null and void due to this obscurity.

305.05 - On Rescission and Nullity

305.051 - Contracts validly entered may be rescinded by agreement of both parties or the decision of the emperor and his magistrates of law.

305.052 - No contracts shall be rescinded as a result of injury, unless the injury is a result of a fraudulent contract.

305.053 - Rescission shall oblige the return the things subject of the contract and its fruits.

305.054 - Rescission may not take place when the object of the contract is in possession by a third party.

305.055 - If this third party acquired the object through bad faith, he must return the object disposed illegally on the rescission of the contract.

305.056 - Contracts may be annulled by the rule of law.

305.057 - The action for legal annulment must be from a signing party.

305.058 - Confirmation of a contract may be implied; written assent is not necessary.

 

305.06 - Child Labour Act (1759): On Child Labour Contracts

305.061 - Children below the age of ten will not be allowed to engage in any form of labour.

305.062 - Children above the age of ten will be allowed to engage in office and servantry labour.

305.063 - Children above the age of fifteen will be allowed to engage in manual labour.

305.064 - Businesses that are found to be in violation of this statute (see: 305.061, 305.062, 305.063) shall be charged with Class E, or economic infringement to the first degree as mandated by the Oren Revised Code.

305.065 - The several provinces shall administer the charge in violation of this statute.

305.066 - Businesses with repeated offenses shall be barred from continuing their operations and must be given a notice of no less than seven saints days.

305.067 - The Department of the Interior shall be tasked with the enforcement of business and employment by vesting this oversight unto the Secretariat of Imperial Employment Opportunities or other designated officers of state as deemed fit.

CH 306 - On Patrimony

306.01 - On Obligatory Heirs of the non-Imperial and Gentry

306.011 - The obligatory heirs are the male children and male descendants with respect to their parents and male ascendants.

306.012 - In the absence of the above, parents and ascendants regarding their male children and male descendants.

306.013 - In the absence of the above, the female children, their children and descendants

306.014 - In the absence of the above, parents and ascendants regarding their female children and female descendants.

306.015 - In the absence of the above, it is the right of the imperial crown to redistribute the patrimony.

 

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TITLE IV - LEX KAEDRENI

 

CH 401 - On Threat or Violence of a Commanding Officer

401.01 - When a subordinate commits battery, threat of battery, resistance with violence, infliction of minor bodily injury, to a commanding officer by a subordinate during military service is defined as threat or violence towards a commanding officer.

401.02 - The same crime committed as a group or with the use of weaponry is defined as a mutiny.

401.03 - The same crime, resulting in the death of the commanding officer, or committed as a group and with the use of weaponry is defined as rebellion.

CH 402 - On Violence of a Subordinate by a Commanding Officer

402.01 - When a commanding officer commits Battery, threat of battery, resistance with violence, infliction of minor bodily injury, to a subordinate soldier during military service is defined as violence towards a subordinate by a commanding officer.

CH 403 - On Desertion

403.01 - Desertion, defined as the unauthorized exit from a military unit or place of military activity with the intent of evading service to the military, or failure to return from a medical institution committed by a soldier is defined as minor desertion.

403.02 - The same crime, when committed by a senior ranked soldier, is defined as desertion.

403.03 - The same crime, when committed by a landed noble, or during wartime, is defined as severe desertion.

CH 404 - On Undue Surrender

404.01 - Intentional surrender, intentional withdrawal from sites of conflict, or leaving to the enemy fortifications by the head of a military unit when the situation did not warrant is defined undue surrender. (Class I)

404.02 - Refusal to take up arms due to fear or desperation by a soldier shall be defined as undue surrender.

CH 405 - On Destruction of Property

405.01 - Intentional destruction of property intended for use during military exercises, excursions or conflict is defined as destruction of military property.

405.02 - The same crime, when committed by a landed noble, or during wartime, is classed as severe destruction of military property.

405.03 - Destruction of state property intended to be used during wartime is classed as destruction of wartime property.

CH 406 - Disclosure or Loss of State Secrets

406.01 - Disclosure or loss of documents, objects or activities which constitute a state secret by a person who was entrusted such data is defined as disclosure of state secrets.

406.02 - The same crime, when committed by a landed noble, or during wartime, is classed as treasonous disclosure of state secrets.

CH 407 - On Sale of Property

407.01 - Sale of property intended for use during military exercises, excursions or conflict is defined as the sale of property.

407.02 - The same crime, when committed by a landed noble, or during wartime, is classed as treasonous sale of property.

CH 408 - Emergency Resolution Act (1741): On States of Emergency

408.01 - The term ‘State of Emergency’ is used to signify a period of distress within a state of the Empire which requires the intervention of the Crown. With this, the ‘State of Emergency’ establishes the suspension and potential revocation of the titles of the said state it has been called within. This requires the assent of the Emperor to declare, then pending review after the ‘State of Emergency’ is dissolved by the Emperor or should the House of Commons vote to begin the review process.

408.011 - The Governor-General assumes control of the state that is afflicted by a state of emergency. (see ORC409)

408.012 - A ‘State of Emergency’ is recommended for civil unrest and potential disasters that threaten the state and its sovereignty. Common uses of this act are for occurrences such as,

(A) Open Rebellion

(B) Suspicion of Coup

(C) Terrorist Strongholds present within the state

(D) Occult Strongholds present within the state.

408.02 - On the Reviewal Process

408.021 - A ‘State of Emergency’ is lifted by decree of the Holy Orenian Emperor or by declaration of invalidity by the Supreme Court through the Reviewal Process.

408.022 - The reviewal process of the original state and intent of the emergency will be granted to the Imperial Judiciary for review upon either a House of Commons vote to begin the procedure or the Holy Orenian Emperor’s lifting of said ‘State of Emergency'.

408.023 - If such a ‘State of Emergency’ was declared invalid during review, then compensation by the Crown is offered and resolutions enacted during this state will be reversed immediately.

408.024 - If such a ‘State of Emergency’ was declared valid, should any titles be implicated in treason, these are to be permanently revoked and subject to an executive resolution plan. The House of Commons will then vote between the resolution plan or extending the Governor-General’s term by another four years.

408.025 - Any and all indictments related to the ‘State of Emergency’ shall be prosecuted by the Solicitor-General’s Office in a trial conducted by the relevant Circuit Court following the Judiciary’s review of the ‘Emergency’.

408.026 - With powers relating to the direct ‘Vassals’ of the Emperor, the Crown Authority of the State are able to proclaim a ‘State of Emergency’ to their own vassals. This follows the same precedent, but review shall be done by the Imperial Judiciary for said reviewal. The Emperor can circumvent any proclamations of the ‘State of Emergency’ done towards the vassals of his direct vassals IF intent can be disproven by the court.

CH 409 -  d’Alba Act (1741): On Viceregal Offices during States of Emergency

409.01 - On the Authorization of the Governor-General

409.011 - The Governor-General is confirmed by the Holy Orenian Emperor.

409.012 - The Governor-General is responsible solely to the Holy Orenian Emperor and the Council of State.

409.013 - The position of Governor-General may only be created in the case of formal entry into a ‘State of Emergency’. (see ORC408)

409.02 - On the Role of the Governor-General

409.021 - The Governor-General in the name of the Holy Orenian Emperor, may assert his personal authority over both the Legislative and Military branch of the government in the state in question. 

409.022 - The Governor-General may appoint, or renew a Senator’s term should it end during a State of Emergency.

409.023 - The Governor-General may suspend offices and duties from those he judges to be disloyal to the Holy Orenian Emperor.

409.024 - The Governor-General may revoke titles and lands from those nobles he judges to be disloyal to the Holy Orenian Emperor.

409.025 - Permanent revocation will be put to question during postwar trials of rebels. 

409.026 - The Governor-General may exercise all powers granted to him by ORC408 without legal impunity during or after his tenure. 

409.027 - Once the State of Emergency ends but the suspension of titlage remains. The transition from the Governor-General to civil government shall be treated as a Personal Union with a Viceroy reigning over the state. The Viceroy will be nominated by the local authorities and given assent by the Emperor.

 

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TITLE V - LEX PISCATORIS

 

CH 501 - On Weights and Measurements

501.01 - On Length

501.011 - The standard unit of length shall be the digit, equaling the width of the man’s middle finger.

501.012 - An alternate unit of length shall be the inch, equaling the width of a man’s thumb or the total length of 3 barleycorns.

501.013 - An alternate unit of length shall be the foot, equaling the length of a general boot or the total sum of 12 inches.

501.014 - An alternate unit of length shall be the yard, equaling the length of a single man’s pace, the reach from nose to fingertip or the total sum of 3 feet.

501.02 - On Land

501.021 - The standard unit of land shall be the acre equaling around 500 square feet of a general boot or the land able to be plowed by a single ox in one day.

501.022 - An alternate unit of land shall be the furlong, equaling around 660 square feet of a general boot or the land able to be plowed by two oxen on one plough in one day.

501.023 - An alternate unit of land shall be the bovate, equaling around 15 acres, 7500 square feet of a general boot or the land able to be plowed by one ox in a single harvesting year.

501.024 - An alternate unit of land shall be the carucate, equaling around 120 acres, 60,000 square feet of a general boot or the land able to be plowed by eight oxen in a single harvesting year.

501.03 - On Currency

501.031 - The standard unit of currency shall be the mark or mina, with a width of three digits and made of silver, bearing the symbol of the Holy Orenian Emperor on the head side and the symbol of the Aengul Dragur on the tail side.

501.032 - An alternate unit of currency shall be the shilling, with a width and three and a half digits and made of silver, bearing the symbol of the Prince of Alstion (if vacant, then the Holy Orenian Emperor) on the head side and the symbol of the Prophet Horen on the tail side. A shilling is worth 5 minae.

501.033 - An alternate unit of currency shall be the crown, with a width of four digits and made of gold, bearing the symbol of the Prophet Owyn on the head side and the symbol of the Cross of Lorraine upon the tail side. A crown is worth 50 minae and 10 shillings.

CH 502 - On Calendar and Dates

CH 503 - National Holiday Act (1747): On Holidays

503.01 - Holidays of the state, or national holidays, are to be days of nationwide celebration across the provinces through enforced federal-level government shutdown.

503.02 - On the Recognized Holidays of the State

503.021 - Orenian New Years

(A) The change of the year and estimated day of Prophet Horen’s birth. No specific customs enforced

(B) Held on 1 Horen’s Calling

503.022 - St Ari’s Day

(A) The spring equinox and feast day of St Ari d’Abresi, celebrated as the day of love and peace. A tourney is held in the national capital (or regional capital if unavailable).

(B) Held on 21 Owyn’s Flame

503.023 - Foundation Day

(A) The day of Prophet Godfrey’s coronation as Holy Orenian Emperor and considered the anniversary of the nation. No specific customs enforced.

(B) Held on 7 Godfrey’s Triumph

503.024 - Day of Remembrance

(A) The anniversary of the Siege of the Dreadfort and the official day of solemn recognition of all imperial soldiers who have lost their lives in battle. All flags flown in the nation are to be waved at half-staff.

(B) Held on 15 Tobias’ Bounty

503.025 - Lux Invicta

(A) The summer solstice and estimated day of Prophet Owyn’s miracle of Lux Invicta and accession into the Sixth Sky. A wooden effigy of Owyn’s likeness (20 imperial feet high, of varying length) is to be burned on the morning at the national and each regional capital in commemoration.

(B) Held on 21 Sun’s Smile

503.026 - Feast of the Final Revelation

(A) The day of Prophet Sigismund’s final revelation and his accession into the Sixth Sky. Mandatory Canonist mass is held in all parishes.

(B) Held on 1 Sigismund’s End

503.027 - Tuvmas or St Tuv’s Day

(A) The winter solstice and feast day of St Tuv, also the cultural counterpart of the famous Krugmas throughout the world. No specific customs enforced.

(B) Held on 21 Sigismund’s End

503.03 - Provinces may maintain their own sets of holidays and days of government shutdown with recognition by the national government, but a full-government shutdown or observance will not be enforced.

CH 504  - Basrid Act (1739): On National Flag

504.01 - The flag shall take the form of a field of white and red horizontal stripes, nine in total, with the white representing the Seven Skies and the Prophet Horen, and the red the military and Prophet Owyn, atop which is the heraldry of Emperor Peter III quartered with that of the Duke of Helena, gilded by the crown of the Holy Orenian Emperor. This act shall be named in the vernacular for its chief-most campaigner, Colonel Simon Basrid of the Helena Gunners.

504.02 - Image of Flag

CH 505 - On the Reigning Holy Orenian Emperors

505.01 - The official list of the Holy Orenian Emperors will be maintained in legal standing.

505.02 - The list of Holy Orenian Emperors is as follows,

(I) Godfrey I the Great, Holy Orenian Emperor [1379-1405] (House of Horen)

(II) Orian I the Black,  Holy Oreinan Emperor [1405-1420] (House of Horen)

(III) William I the Weak, Holy Orenian Emperor [1420-1426] (House of Horen)

THE FIRST INTERIMPERIUM [1426-1431]

(IV) Sigismund I Soothsayer, Holy Orenian Emperor [1431-1447] (House of Carrion)

THE SECOND INTERIMPERIUM [1447-1457]

(V) Peter I the Kaedreni, Holy Orenian Emperor [1457-1463] (House of Chivay)

(VI) Robert I the Quadroon, Holy Orenian Emperor [1463-1467] (House of Chivay)

(VII) Boris I the Desired, Holy Orenian Emperor [1467] (House of Carrion)

(VIII) Tobias I Rosebud, Holy Orenian Emperor [1467-1480] (House of Carrion)

(IX) Alexander I the Unready, Holy Orenian Emperor [1480-1482] (House of Carrion)

THE THIRD INTERIMPERIUM [1482-1526]

(X) John I the Relentless, Holy Orenian Emperor [1526-1547] (House of Horen)

(XI) John II the Quareller, Holy Orenian Emperor [1547-1568] (House of Horen)

(XII) John III the Lion, Holy Orenian Emperor [1568-1585] (House of Horen)

(XIII) John IV the Young, Holy Orenian Emperor [1585] (House of Horen)

(XIV) Robert II the Monk, Holy Orenian Emperor [1585] (House of Horen)

(XV) Philip I the Arrogant, Holy Orenian Emperor [1585-1595] (House of Horen)

(XVI) John V Lackland, Holy Orenian Emperor [1595-1619] (House of Horen)

THE FIRST PROTECTORATE [1619]

(XVII) Peter II the Pauper, Holy Orenian Emperor [1619-1636] (House of Horen)

(XVIII) John VI the Last, Holy Orenian Emperor [1636-1638] (House of Horen)

THE FOURTH INTERIMPERIUM [1638-1678]

(XIX) Aurelian I Canonius, Holy Orenian Emperor [1678-1694] (House of Pertinaxi)

(XX) August I Sisterlover, Holy Orenian Emperor [1694-1706] (House of Pertinaxi)

(XXI) Anthony I the Mad, Holy Orenian Emperor [1706-1715] (House of Pertinaxi)

(XXII) Joseph I the Fiddler, Holy Orenian Emperor [1715-1720] (House of Marna)

(XXIII) Godfrey II the Gambler, Holy Orenian Emperor [1720-1725] (House of Cascadia)

(XXIV) John VII the Feeble, Holy Orenian Emperor [1725-1726] (House of Cascadia)

(XXV) Alexander II the Leuvian, Holy Orenian Emperor [1726-1731] (House of Joannes)

THE SECOND PROTECTORATE [1731-1737]

(XXVI) Peter III, Holy Orenian Emperor [1737-Present]

CH 506 - On the serving Archchancellors

506.01 - The list of Archchancellor is as follows,

(I) The Count of Aesculus [1526-1529]

(II) The Duke of Leone (First Term) [1529-1541]

(III) The Archduke of Lorraine [1541-1547]

(IV) The Duke of Leone (Second Term) [1547-1559]

(V) The Prince of Beaufort [1559-1575]

(VI) The Baron Senntisten [1575-1585]

(VII) Sir Matthias Ironsword [1585-1595]

(VIII) The Baron Cantal [1595-1611]

(IX) Sir John Rothesay [1611-1616]

(X) Sir Aeternus de Metterden [1616-1621]

XI. Sir Theodore Gray (1621-1637)

XII. The Duke of Marna (1637-1638)

— 1638-1678 No Imperial Government —

XIII. The Prince of Senntisten (1678-1683)

XIV. The Prince of Alstion (1683-1689)

XV. The Prince of Carolustadt (1689-1694)

XVI. The Count of Ager (1694-1706)

XVII. The King of Curon (1706-1715)

XVIII. The Count of Leuven (1715-1720)

XIX. The Count of Temesch (1720-1724)

XX. The Duke of Cascadia (1724-1725)

XXI. The Duke of Sunholdt (1725-1736)

XXII. Peter Cardinal Helena (1736-1739)

XXIII. Sir Simon Basrid (1739-Present)

CH 507 - National Language Act (1752):

507.01 - The national language shall be the primary language of business throughout the nation, in all dealings governmental or commercial.

507.011 - The national language shall be Alkazaran Jrentic (Common).

507.02 - The formal language shall be the primary language of script in all declarations, writs, edicts, and acts made by the Crown, the House of Commons, or any government organization in service to the nation.

507.021 - The formal language shall be High Imperial.

507.03 - The protected languages shall be the languages of provinces and important minority peoples which are defended by law from discrimination or oppression by authorities or civil personnel.

507.031 - The protected languages shall be as follows: Auvergnian, Ildic (Adunian), Illatian (Adrian Dialect), New Marian, Qali, Raevir (Old Kraltan Dialect), and Waldenian (Westerlander Variant).

 

 

CH 508 – The Battlements Act (1759): On Fortifications

508.01 - No Private entity, whether personal or corporate may construct battlements, fortifications, or otherwise ‘defensible’ structures on their land and buildings.

508.02 - It is the complete purview of the Crown and its Government to oversee the construction, maintenance, and if necessary, deconstruction or mothballing of fortifications within the Empire.

508.021 - It is the complete purview of the Crown and it’s Subsidiary Governments - Haense, Curon, Kaedrin and Renatus - to construct, officiate, maintain, and deconstruct or mothball these fortifications.

508.03 - On the Definition of Battlements and Fortifications:

508.031 - Watch Towers.

508.032 - Palisades.

508.033 - Earthworks.

508.034 - Moats.

508.035 - Battlements (Crenellations and parapets.)

508.036 - Canted Steps. (Stumble Steps.)

508.037 - Gates (Reinforced Doors and Portcullis.)

508.038 - Slit windows.

508.039 - Bocage slopes.

508.0310 - Slope walls.

508.04 - Private individuals of Noble or Gentry status may send a written petition to His Majesty’s Government to seek special dispensation for the construction of fortifications should the situation require it and pay a lump sum for the right.

508.05 - Any Private holder of a fortified land or building must renew the hitherto mentioned dispensation every decade and maintain a physical contract on the premises. 

 

 

 

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TITLE VI - LEX LOTHARINGIUM

 

CH 601 - On the Council of State

601.01 - On the Composition of the Council of State

601.011 - The Council of State, known in shorthand simply as the Cabinet, the foremost body of advisors to His Imperial Majesty, the Holy Orenian Emperor, is to be composed of,

(A) Archchancellor

(B) Vice Chancellor

(C) Minister of Foreign Affairs

(D) Minister of the Interior

(E) Minister of the Treasury

(F) Minister of Civil Affairs

(G) Solicitor-General

(G) Minister of Intelligence.

601.02 - On the Rights and Obligations of the Archchancellor

601.021 - The duty to serve as the Crown’s chief minister, and President of the Council of State, as its foremost member and director, head of government, and as His Imperial Majesty’s most loyal servant.

601.022 - The power to assume the rights and duties of the Holy Orenian Emperor in his absence or incapacitation, meting out the Emperor’s justice in a manner consistent with the Emperor’s peace.

601.023 - The power to assume control of the Imperial household when the Holy Orenian Emperor and his proxies are unavailable.

601.024 - The power to staff his office in such a way as to provide assistance in his duties.

601.025 - The power to issue constitutional advice to the Crown to appoint all members of the Council of State with the exception of the Vice Chancellor.

601.026 - The power to issue constitutional advice to the Crown to remove all members of the Council of State with the exception of the Vice Chancellor.

601.027 - The power to issue constitutional advice to the Crown to appoint Justices of the Supreme Court, which shall not exceed the number of three and who shall serve until death or resignation, to interpret the meaning of legislation and the relevant instruments of government. 

601.028 - The power to unilaterally issue edicts and decrees provided they remain consistent with the jurisdiction of the office as enumerated by the relevant instruments of government.

601.029 - The duty to direct the authorship and passage of other legislation.

601.03 - On the Rights and Obligations of the Vice Chancellor

601.031 - The duty to serve as the Crown’s deputy chief minister, assisting the Archchancellor in all of his duties as a deputy, factotum and understudy.

601.032 - The power to assume the rights and duties of the Archchancellor in his absence or incapacitation.

601.033 - The duty to succeed the Archchancellor in his role in the event of his death, permanent incapacitation or resignation. 

601.034 - The duty to act as President of the House of Commons, serving as the presiding officer of this legislature who ensures business is conducted in an orderly, compliant and sensible manner.

601.04 - On the Rights and Obligations on the Minister of Foreign Affairs

601.041 - The duty to ensure the continuing good relations of the Holy Orenian Empire with the foreign nations of the continent. 

601.042 - The duty to report on the relationships which the Empire maintains with the states of the world.

601.043 - The duty to provide for the welfare of Orenian subjects who should travel abroad, negotiating peacefully with foreign states for their continued safety, and making such incidents known to the Council of State as should be known.

601.044 - The duty to ensure the loyalty and stability of the Empire’s foreign holdings in a manner consistent with the Emperor’s peace.

601.045 - The duty to sustain the contentedness of foreign subjects and vassals, measuring their welfare against that of the state, and to never prejudice them to costly and weakening rebellion.

601.046 - The duty to inform the Crown and the Cabinet of the customs of their subjects so they may better administer them.

601.047 - The duty to organize meetings with foreign dignitaries, and to periodically travel to foreign lands in the Emperor’s name, acting as his favored ambassador and negotiator.

601.048 - The duty to negotiate and establish treaties on behalf of the Holy Orenian Empire, as the Emperor’s peace may demand.

601.049 - The power to act as the Crown’s representative in all foreign holdings, governing their affairs in his name, and assuring the welfare of its subjects.

601.0410 - The power to establish such institutions of state as they may be necessary in the Empire’s foreign holdings, creating bureaus, councils, and court of laws for their continued loyalty.

601.0411 - The power to staff his office, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in such a way as to provide assistance in his duties.

601.05 - On the Rights and Obligations of the Solicitor-General

601.051 - The duty to develop and maintain the system of Imperial courts, ensuring proper application of law.

601.052 - The duty to draft laws, both civil and criminal, for consideration by the Crown.

601.053 - The duty to serve as the chief lawyer for the legal entities of the government, including the Crown and the Council of State, and the power therein to deputize subsidiaries to act in his stead, in this capacity.

601.054 - The duty to represent the Crown and Council of State in civil cases.

601.055 - The duty to ensure the proper allocation of legal counsel to those accused of violating Imperial law.

601.056 - The duty to ensure that decrees, edicts and acts remain consistent with the various instruments of government.

601.067 - The duty to record judicial precedents and maintain a comprehensive bibliography of judicial rulings.

601.068 - The duty to identify Justices of the Supreme Court for consideration by the Council of State, and thereafter appointment by the Crown.

601.069 - The power to staff his office, the Ministry of Justice, in such a way as to provide assistance in his duties.

601.06 - On the Rights and Obligations of the Minister of the Interior

601.061 - The duty to manage the lands of the Crown as well as all public lands, as both the representative of the government and highest administrator.

601.062 - The duty to commission and administer the construction of all public works, including infrastructure projects.

601.063 - The duty to oversee housing and property within the Crown’s dominions, including the capital city.

601.064 - The duty to manage policing, law enforcement and the safekeeping of the Emperor’s peace within the Crown’s direct dominions. 

601.065 - The duty to oversee Imperial cities and all other direct dominions. 

601.066 - The duty to administer the Imperial Everardine College, as honorary chancellor. 

601.067 - The power to act with the Crown’s commission in the capital city, and to direct its governance in conjunction with the requisite elected bodies, which remain subservient to him. 

601.068 - The power to contract architects, labourers and other aides in the completion of infrastructure projects. 

601.069 - The power to temporarily manage the property of a deceased, absentee, or unworthy landowner without lawful heir, until the Council of State should choose to reappropriate this property.

601.0610 - The power to staff his office, the Ministry of the Interior, in such a way as to provide assistance in his duties.

601.07 - On the Rights and Obligations of the Minister of the Treasury

601.071 - The duty to maintain and monitor the Imperial Treasury, including all incomes and expenditures, and to draft a report of the budget on regular intervals. 

601.072 - The duty to develop and draft the fiscal, excise and tax policy of the Empire, with consultation with the Council of State.

601.073 - The duty to collect tax and rent revenue from within the Crown’s direct dominions, and to ensure that these finances are delivered in full to the Imperial Treasury.

601.074 - The duty to collect, process and allocate resources and materials for use by other Imperial departments.

601.075 - The duty to uncover and report irregularities in financial gains or losses in the Empire and its subjects.

601.076 - The duty to oversee the collection of taxation revenue from within the greater Holy Orenian Empire, including the provinces.

601.077 - The power to inspect and audit the finances and stockpiles of all subsidiary entities to the Empire.

601.078 - The power to staff his office, the Imperial Treasury, in such a way as to provide assistance in his duties.

601.078A - The Imperial Budget Procedure of 1751

The Imperial Budget, having once passed with the majority consensus of the House of Commons and attained assent from the Crown, shall remain in effect as the directive of all appropriations to the several departments of state indefinitely. 

All imperial budgets passed, having satisfied the preconditions aforementioned, shall supersede the previous budget. The Imperial Government shall operate with the appropriations as stated by the most recent budget as assented.

In the case upon which the Imperial Budget requires further amendments and modifications, the Minister of the Treasury shall present an audited report and any recommendations as ascertained by the expenditures of the several departments of states to the House of Commons. 

In the case upon which it is necessary, the House of Commons shall propose and consider budgetary measures, fiscal resolutions, and all other matters of appropriations as needed to supplement the Imperial Budget and its dispersions. 

601.08 - On the Rights and Obligations of the Minister of Intelligence

601.081 - The duty to safeguard the unity and security of the realm before considerable threat has arisen.

601.082 - The duty to oversee covert action and special operations in line with the Crown’s policy objectives.

601.083 - The duty to create material which inspires proper action amongst the Imperial citizenry.

601.084 - The duty to obtain reliable and actionable intelligence of interest to the Crown.

601.085 - The duty to belay attempts at subversion by identifying enemies of the Crown both foreign and domestic.

601.086 - The duty to inform the Crown and Council of State, within the scope of intelligence, in regards to political matters.

601.087 - The power to guide Imperial informant networks and conduct covert action.

601.088 - The power to label projects, operations, and information as classified from all those but the Holy Orenian Emperor and the Archchancellor

601.089 - The power to conduct minor paramilitary action in line with the Crown’s foreign policy objectives.

601.0810 - The power to staff his office, the Ministry of Intelligence, in such a way as to provide assistance in his duties.

601.09 - On the Rights and Obligations of the Minister of Civil Affairs

601.091 - The duty to serve as the Empire’s keeper of the rolls and archives, as a clerk responsible for all record-keeping within the realm. 

601.092 - The duty to draft and authenticate state documents and legislation, including decrees, edicts and acts at the behest of the Crown and other members of the Council of State.

601.093 - The duty to aid the Crown in issuing and maintaining records of Imperial letters and writs of ennoblement.

601.094 - The duty to administer, freely, openly and fairly, all censuses, elections and voter registration on behalf of the Crown. 

601.095 - The duty to retain a directory of all citizenships, appointments, knighthoods and peerages, and to keep this directory updated in perpetuity.

601.096 - The duty to chronicle the history and lineage of all gentry and noble families and ensure the accreditation and validation of their status and pedigree.

601.097 - The duty to keep a record of noteworthy events within the realm.

601.098 - The power to subpoena ledgers, records and official documents from all subjects, vassals and citizens of the Holy Orenian Empire. 

601.099 - The power to approve or deny the certification of any binding legal documents within the Holy Orenian Empire.

601.0910 - The power to staff his office, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, in such a way as to provide assistance in his duties.

CH 602 - On the Imperial Diet

602.01 - The Diet of the Holy Orenian Empire, known in shorthand as the Imperial Diet, has served as the country’s legislature for over twenty years since the proclamation of the dual edicts of 1736. While many aspects of this system have been successful, others require reform. 

602.02 - On the House of Commons

602.021 - The House of Commons, as the lower house of the Imperial Diet, shall be the chamber concerned with matters of active governance and shall sit when called to session by the Crown, through the expression of a national election, until such time as its dissolution by the Crown. It shall pass bills into acts by virtue of a simple majority.

602.022 - The House of Commons shall comprise fifteen seats. Two factions, divided on ideological lines, will compete for these seats in national elections. After elections, seats will be allocated based on the percentage of national vote each faction receives. The factions shall be as follows:

(A) The Josephites

(B) The Everardines

602.023 - Prior to an election, these factions shall publish a maximum of a fifteen-member list agreed upon by their leadership. In accordance with the percentage of the vote that these factions receive in a national election, these seats shall be proportionally allocated. Those who succeed in election to the House of Commons shall be members of the House of Commons for the duration of that session, entitled to the postnominal MHC (Member of the House of Commons). (i.e John Smith MHC) 

602.024 - No person may sit in both the House of Commons or the House of Lords concurrently, or be eligible to sit in the House of Lords, such in the case of a landed peer bearing a title such as baron, count, duke, king, etcetera, or hold an active military commission.

602.025 - Upon the swearing-in of a member, these positions priorly held are automatically considered to be resigned. If the newly-elected member in question fails to announce resignation or abdication from all aforementioned positions, he is forbidden from taking his seat and it will be considered vacant. A member may be an untitled member of a noble family, but if he ascends to a peerage, his position is automatically resigned and considered vacant.

602.026 - The House of Commons, through majority vote, elects from among their membership a member to act as presiding officer over the chamber, who shall be entitled with the office of President of the House of Commons. Typically, this will be from the faction who attains a majority. 

602.027 - Public Record Act (1751):

602.03 - On the House of Lords

602.031 - The House of Lords, as the upper house of the Imperial Diet, shall be an appointed chamber of sober review for legislation. It shall comprise seven seats, each appointed by the Crown as an Imperial Diet is called to sit. Those who sit upon the House of Lords are, for the duration of that session, styled as imperial grandees, entitled to the postnominal IG. (i.e. John Smith IG)

602.032 - Imperial grandees must be either peers recognized with imperial letters, or lords spiritual who are placed with a diocese (bishop or archbishop) within the Empire’s jurisdiction.

602.033 - The House of Lords is populated by the Emperor’s personal discretion, and only legislates independently on matters concerning nobility and aristocracy. They may review legislation passed through the House of Commons, however can not explicitly veto it and only serve in this role in an advisory capacity. 

602.034 - The House of Lords may consider ennoblement, settle inheritance disputes and legitimization (barring those limited by Section VII), and nominate those worthy to awards and orders of chivalry.

602.04 - On the Role of the Crown in the Imperial Diet

602.041 - The Crown, as the executive, formally approves bills that have passed through their respective chambers in a process known as imperial assent. Imperial assent can be either granted, withheld, or withheld conditionally. To withhold imperial assent is an effective veto, and to withhold imperial assent conditionally requires its passage through the respective chamber it is concerned with in an amended capacity, upon which it is presented for imperial assent again. When imperial assent is granted, a bill becomes an act of law.

602.042 - The powers of the Crown in exercising imperial assent can be exercised by the Emperor or his designated regent, such as for example the Archchancellor.

602.043 - The Crown, expressed in the person of His Imperial Majesty the Holy Orenian Emperor, is the linchpin of the reformed system. He shall call the Imperial Diet to session through a summons. In respect to the House of Commons, this is expressed through a national election. In respect to the House of Lords, this is expressed through his appointees. As a session of the Imperial Diet draws to its conclusion for one reason or another, the Crown shall dissolve the Imperial Diet. When the Crown summons the Imperial Diet again, the process is repeated. A session of the legislature shall sit for an amount of time that is flexible. 

602.044 - The Crown appoints the Archchancellor and the Vice Chancellor, his deputy, to build a ministry. This formal appointment also extends to their officers who sit upon the Council of State, however, in practice these Ministers of the Crown shall be selected by the Archchancellor and affirmed by the House of Commons.

CH 602 - On the Jurisdictions and Limitations of the Imperial Diet

602.01 - The following matters, as the topic of bills, need only to be passed formally through the House of Commons, however, the House of Lords may undertake an advisory role for legislation passed.

602.011 - Bills of Taxation, concerning all matters of taxation and excise within the Empire.

602.012 - Bills of Appropriation, also known as budgets, concerning all matters of income and expenditure.

602.013 - Bills of Law, concerning the passage of both civil and criminal law, including but not limited to legislation concerning offenses and penalties. 

602.014 - Bills of Regulation, concerning the regulation of other matters of import to the realm not aforementioned.

602.015 - Writs of Confirmation, concerning the confirmation by the House of Commons of the Crown’s appointments on the Council of State or the Supreme Court, in conjunction with their role as a body to provide advice and consent for these appointments. 

602.016 - Writs of Impeachment, concerning the impeachment of a member of the Council of State for offenses of a categorically serious extent, such as ‘improperly exceeding or abusing the powers of their office’, or ‘using their office for an improper purpose or for personal gain’. These must be passed with a two-thirds majority. 

602.017 - Writs of Summons, defined as bills summoning a member of the Council of State to issue a report or testify before the House of Commons.

602.04 - The Imperial Diet’s functions and legislation, as a whole, are prohibited from interaction with the following matters of state, which remain the exclusive purview of the Crown as the executive,

602.041 - The military and appointment of generals and other commanders. 

602.042 - The Crown, the succession, its authority, and the Imperial household.

602.045 - Diplomacy and foreign affairs, exempting when permitted by the Crown in special circumstances.

602.045 - Any political party or faction not previously approved by the Crown shall remain disbarred and unable to receive a position on the ballot.

CH 603 - On Legislative Procedure

603.01 - A summary of the legislative procedure for the Imperial Diet shall be as follows,

(i) A bill (a draft of a law) or a writ (a special bill compelling an action) is initiated in the chamber concerned with the subject matter, by a member.

(ii) The chamber debates the content of the bill, with neither fear nor favour being given to any particular member of the chamber, and all being given a chance to make their case.

(iii) The necessary amendments are made, or not made. 

(iv) The presiding officer calls for a division, or a vote, and the votes are tallied.

(v) The bill passes.*

(vi) The bill proceeds to the Crown, which either grants, withholds or withholds conditionally imperial assent. 

(vii) If imperial assent is withheld, the bill is declared void.

(viii) If imperial assent is withheld conditionally, the process is repeated from the first step until the process is complete.

(ix) If imperial assent is granted, the bill becomes an Act of the Imperial Diet, and hence formal law, to be published in the legislative gazette.

*If the topic is a writ of ennoblement or writ of elevation, it must then proceed to the other chamber, and the process is repeated until both chambers pass it. 

CH 604 - On Elections

604.01 - On Voting Rights and Registration

604.011 - All citizens of the Holy Orenian Empire over the age of 18 who are registered to an address have the right to vote in national elections in the province of their residence.

604.012 - Voter registration shall be conducted through the medium of an Imperial census, which shall be conducted anew at intervals of every ten years commencing in the year 1737. The census shall remain open over these ten year periods for new voter registration, with the rolls being cleared at the occasion of the new census, in this case 1747, and then so on. 

CH 604 - Judiciary Act (1740): On Circuit Courts

604.01 - Judiciary Reform Act (1763): The Central Circuit, serving as a mobile court with all the Holy Orenian Empire as its jurisdiction, and as the court of first instance, shall be headed by the justices of the Circuit Court to decide judgements. This position is until resignation, or deemed unnecessary by a vote of the House of Commons, or alternately the prerogative of the Crown.

604.03 - No other courts within the territory of the Holy Orenian Empire or its subsidiary realms shall exist with the power to cast judgements in the first instance.

604.04 - The number of justices on each of these circuits shall evolve according to an ad hoc basis and shall not be fixed.

604.05 - On the competencies of the Circuit Court

605.051 - The justices of the Circuit Court act with the delegated power of the Crown and are thus selected by it with the consultation of the government of each vassal province as well as the advice and consent of the House of Commons.

605.052 - The rulings of the Circuit Court are to adhere to both Imperial law and, in cases of no conflict, provincial law, specifically that pertaining to the location in which the offenses originated. In instances of conflict between these codexes with either offenses or penalties, Imperial law shall always take precedence, the failure of which to occur being clear grounds for an appeal to the Supreme Court.

605.053 - The rulings of the Circuit Court are to remain strictly textualist in nature.

604.06 - Criminal Justice Reform Act (1746): On Jury of Peers for Circuit Courts

604.061 - A jury of peers shall constitute residents from within the Circuit Court region who shall sit at trials of Imperial Courts and observe the exercise of due process on the accused.

604.062 - A jury of peers shall be composed of three members residing in the place of origin of the accused.

604.063 - In all cases of due process, the Circuit Courts and all other courts of law in the Holy Orenian Empire shall not hold criminal trials and exercise acts of justice without a jury of peers.

604.064 - A jury of peers shall have the power of consultation to advise and deliver a judgment rendered at the discretion of the presiding Imperial magistrate. The jury must have a two-thirds majority consensus on rendering its verdict to the court.

 

604.07 - Non-Partisan Courts Act (1768): On Affirming the Non-Partisan Nature of the Courts

604.071 - Court justices are hereby to be barred from running for or holding a seat within the House of Commons.

604.072 - Court justices are to be barred from publicly pledging support for, affirming membership of or endorsing any political party or faction. 

604.073 - Any court justice must, upon appointment, immediately declare any and all interests in regards to political factions or organizations and forsake it by way of oath.

604.074 - Court justices are to declare any business affiliation or interest or allegiance to anyone other than God, the Crown, and the law of Oren; and cannot adjudicate over matters with which they have a declared interest in; therefore a justice must recuse themselves from any trial of the kind.

CH 605 - Judiciary Act (1740): On Supreme Court

605.01 - The Supreme Court shall act as an appellate court only which serves the entirety of the Holy Orenian Empire.

605.02 - This court shall be comprised of three Justices of the Supreme Court, of whom one shall hold the office of Chairman of the Supreme Court. These justices of the Supreme Court act with the delegated power of the Crown, and are thus selected by the Crown with the advice and consent of the House of Commons.

605.03 - Any judgement incurred by the Supreme Court shall not be made with no less than a majority of two out of three of the justices of the Supreme Court, with all three judges being required to hear the case, giving their interpretation and vote.

605.04 - Any civil verdict and any criminal verdict can appeal to the Supreme Court.

605.05 - The Supreme Court is delegated the power to overturn any verdict from lesser courts.

605.06 - Any appeal of the verdict of a lesser court must be done on one of two bases - an appeal on the basis of the facts of the case or an appeal on the basis of a mistrial.

605.07 - Any appeal shall be brought by way of petition to the Supreme Court, praying that the matter of the order or judgment appealed against maybe reviewed before those delegated the authority of judgement while seated as a justice of the Supreme Court, in order that the said court may determine what of right, and according to the law and custom of this realm, ought to be done in the subject matter of such appeal.

605.08 - Any appeal shall not be entertained by the Supreme Court, without the assessment of at least one justice of the Supreme Court that determines that the appeal is on good and sensible grounds, in any case where proceedings in error or on appeal could not have previously been had in the Supreme Court without the fiat or consent of such officer.

605.09 - It is the duty of the Supreme Court to post its judgements on a public forum, as they are conclusions of law at the highest level, therefore becoming precedential conclusions of common law, in contrast to statutory law which shall exist through legislation.

605.10 - Any verdicts of the Supreme Court shall become binding interpretations of law, unless overturned by subsequent sessions of the Supreme Court.

605.11 - The Crown shall retain the Imperial prerogative as a final stage of appeal, however, the involvement of the Crown is a direct challenge to the validity of the Supreme Court in as much as overriding or devaluing their judgements, and thus this must be relegated as an extreme measure of extraordinary circumstance and should not be anything beyond a rarity.

605.12 - Any provincial ‘justiciar’ positions are hence forbidden from the casting of judgements or the hearing of cases, as only the aforementioned approved judges of the Circuit and Supreme Court may cast judgements of law under the provisions of this legislation.

605.13 - Any provincial ‘justiciar’ positions are required to instead serve as legal advisors analogous to the Imperial Solicitor-General in function, as denoted in Section VI of this document, and in this advisory capacity serve as a provincial government’s legal representative and chief prosecutor of their realm.

605.14 - Non-Partisan Courts Act (1768):

 

605.0141 - Supreme Court justices are not to hold any political affiliation, or business affiliations or interests of any kind; and may not be in active military service, or owe any oaths or forms of allegiance to any person or organisation other than that of God, the Crown, and the law.

604.0142 - Any and all Supreme Court justices that have such affiliations are to forsake them or be rightfully stripped of their position.

604.0143 - Supreme Court justices are to be granted a salary of 500 marks per year for the duration of their tenure.

CH 606 - Judiciary Act (1740): On Legal Custom

606.01 - The respective royal Crowns of vassal states denoting kingly rank, by custom, can not be taken directly to civil suit, retaining sovereign immunity.

606.02 - Accordingly, it is imperative that these sovereigns appoint local analogues to the office of the Imperial Solicitor-General, serving as legal representatives to the Crowns and their governments, to serve as both chief prosecutor (in criminal cases), plaintiff and defense (in civil cases) on behalf of the Crowns in the courts.

606.03 - The courts established herein are to retain an inquisitorial format whilst retaining a prosecution and defense in criminal cases or plaintiff and defendant in civil cases.

606.04 - On the Imperial level and within the Crownlands the prosecution in criminal cases shall be conducted by the office of the Solicitor-General, in accordance with his role as an Imperial government’s chief lawyer and representatives of the Crown in prosecution.

606.05 - On the provincial level, the prosecution in criminal cases shall be conducted by local officeholders such as the aforementioned pre-existing ‘justiciars’, in accordance with their roles as a provincial government’s chief lawyer and representatives of the Crown in prosecution.

606.06 - Criminal cases shall take the titled format of “The Crown vs. [defendant]”.

 

CH 607 - Fixed Penalty Act (1768): On Application of Fines

607.01 – Fixed-penalty notices shall be introduced and relevant constabulary authorities given an expansion of power to issue on-the-spot fines for minor crimes (infractions of the Orenian Revised Code), which shall be established as:

 

607.011 - disorderly behaviour in a public place;

607.012 - theft;

 

607.013 - destroying or damaging property;

607.014 - trespassing on government property;

 

607.015 - trespassing on private property;

607.016 - behaviour likely to cause injury;

607.017 - obstructing interrogating authorities.

607.02 - Any member of the ISA, constabulary, or provincial authorities, who has reason to suspect an individual has committed an offence eligible for fixed-penalty, may issue an on-the-spot fine.

607.03 - The notice will be given at the spot of the offence or at a relevant facility, and will be recorded in writing.

607.04 - If penalty notice is paid, the individual is released from further criminal liability.

607.05 - A penalty notice must:

607.051 - state the offence;

607.052 - give detail of the circumstances around the event;

607.053 - state the amount of the penalty;

607.054 - state to whom the penalty must be paid to;

607.055 - inform the individual of their right to be tried for the offence.

607.06 - The amount payable may be specified by the Ministry of Justice but it must not exceed half of the maximum fine in which an individual is liable to on the conviction of the offence at trial.

607.07 - The penalty must be paid to a designated officer, who will be specified in the notice.

607.08 - The fines collected by the Imperial Constabulary and ISA shall be transferred to the Offices of the Solicitor-General and Minister of War respectively.

607.081 - The fines may be allocated for any relevant expense, as the office deems necessary.

607.09 - An individual may decline to pay a fine and instead request court proceedings are brought against them.

607.010 - The request to be tried must be given when the penalty is initially issued.

607.011 - If the fine has not been paid by the period stated at the time of the notice, then the individual may have further charges filed against them.

CH 608 - Swift & Fair Justice Act(1782): On Courtroom procedures

              608.01 – The information or indictment must be filed within 1-3 saints days from the date of arrest or service of the summons.

              608.02 – Trial must commence within 1 year per annum from the date the information or indictment was filed, or from the date the defendant appears before an officer of the court in which the charge is pending, whichever is later.

                             608.021 - The presiding Justice shall present a list of chosen times & dates to the prosecution and defense before a trial can occur. 

                             608.022 -Should the proposed times and dates not be sufficient, both parties may motion for a continuance at the judges discretion of 1 year per annum time so a court date may be decided. 

                             608.023 - Should a time and date not be agreed upon by either parties before or following the duration of said continuance, the solicitors of either party that cannot comply may be ordered to excuse themselves on the presiding                                 justice’s judgement.

                             608.024 – Should the legal representation need to be replaced, another public defender and or prosecuting attorney may be hired by the party or appointed by the justice should one not be available.

                             608.025 – The presiding justice may issue continuance for a 1 year annum’s time, sua sponte.

               608.03 – A motion for Summary judgement, issued by either party, can be granted at the preliminary hearing before trial. 

                             608.031 - Summary judgement can be given if there are no material facts that can be reasonably disputed, and in light of the undisputed facts, the movant is entitled to judgment under the applicable law.

                             608.032 - A party’s motion for/against Summary judgement must be accompanied by a memorandum. 

                             608.033 - Summary judgement may also be issued should both parties agree to said motion. 

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TITLE VII - LEX ARISTOCRATIA

CH 701 - On the Estates and Nature of the Nobility, the Clergy, and the Bourgeoisie

701.01 - The Nobility is defined as the body of all individuals holding heredity or honorary noble or lordly titles, typically holding land in tenure to the Imperial Office or other lord.

701.011 - Noble rank is given to every direct member of the noble title holder’s house, to be called lord or lady respect, and henceforth passed between kin.

701.012 - Nobility rank includes the following sovereign positions and peerages:

(A) Emperor, defined as a sovereign or monarch of an empire, above the royal office of king, referred to as His or Her Imperial Majesty (fm. Empress).

(i) In relation to the monarch, siblings, offspring, and offspring of their male offspring carries the rank of Imperial Prince and is to be referred to as His or Her Imperial Highness.

(B) King, defined as a sovereign or monarch of a kingdom, above the princely office of prince and below the imperial office of emperor, referred to as His or Her Majesty (fm. Queen).

(i) In relation to the monarch, siblings, offspring, and offspring of their male offspring carries the rank of Prince and is to be referred to as His or Her Royal Highness.

(C) Grand Prince, defined as a sovereign of a principality or individuals of direct relation to an emperor or king, above the ducal office of duke and below the royal office of king, referred to as His or Her Serene Highness (fm. Grand Prince).

(i) In relation to the Grand Prince, siblings, offspring, and offspring of their male offspring carries the rank of Prince and is to be referred to as His or Her Serenity.

(D) Archduke, defined as a sovereign duke holding more than one ducal title, referred to as His or Her Grace (alt. Grand Duke; fm. Archduchess, Grand Duchess).

(E) Duke, defined as a sovereign lord of a duchy, above the comital office of count and below the princely office of prince, referred to as His or Her Grace (fm. Duchess).

(F) Count, defined as a sovereign lord of a county, above the vicecomital office of viscount and below the ducal office of duke, referred to as His or Her Right Honorable (fm. Countess).

(G) Viscount, defined as a sovereign lord of a viscounty, above the baronial office of baron and below the comital office of count, referred to as His or Her Honorable (fm. Viscountess).

(H) Baron, defined as a sovereign lord of a barony, above the gentry class and below the vicecomital office of viscount, referred to as His or Her Lordship (fm. Baroness).

701.02 - The Clergy is defined as the body of all ordained ministers of the Canonist Church, including the High Pontiff.

701.021 - Clerical rank is only given to the officer holder, with successor chosen by the Pontifical Throne.

701.022 - Clerical rank includes the following:

(A) High Pontiff, defined as the elected head of the Canonist Church, Vicar of God, and leader of the faithful, referred to as His Holiness.

(B) Cardinal, defined as one of the five members of the ecclesiastical synod which elects the High Pontiff, referred to as His Eminence.

(C) Patriarch, defined as a senior member of the Canonist Church, given responsibility over a Patriarchate, an administrator that oversees the clerical dioceses within non-human regions, referred to as His Beatitude.

(D) Archbishop, defined as a senior member of Canonist Church, given responsibility over an Archdiocese, a Bishop who reigns over multiple diocese, referred to as His Excellency.

(E) Bishop, defined as a senior member of the Canonist Church, given responsibility over an entire diocese or ordained holy orders, referred to as His Grace.

(F) Priest, defined as the ordained members of the Canonist Church, typically placed in parishes or members of ordained holy orders.

701.03 - The Bourgeoisie is defined as the body of ignoble free, property-owning citizenry not bound by contract or tenure to a lord or sovereign, typically residing within a free imperial city.

701.031 - The Bourgeoisie rank is given to all property-owning persons who do not hold noble, clerical, or knightly rank, excluding those persons bound to the soil of a fief or estate.

CH 702 - On Rights and Privileges of the Nobility

702.01 - The right to hold noble title within the Imperial State, regarded in high degree with both the title holder and the title holder’s family, to be known by their respective titles.

702.02 - The privilege to hold landed secular peerage appertaining to their estates within the Imperial State, the created nature of peerage conveyed through Imperial Letters, issued singularly by the discretion of the sovereign. 

702.03 - The right to hold estates within the Imperial State, to manage and steward the allotted land as seen fit, and to pass forth their granted estates to their progeny and family.

702.04 - The right to organize a force of armed men within their estates, to train and fit their militia as seen fit, and to protect their estates with their militia.

702.05 - The right to call a diet of lords, gentry, and clergy within their estates, to call petition to the Imperial State, and to congregate with their fellow peers.

702.06 - The right to organize marriage between their houses with their peers, bounding lords together through the holy matrimony.

CH 703 - On Duties of the Nobility

703.01 - The duty to maintain their estates, manage them with good nature and uphold the law of the Imperial State within their estates, and to prohibit any estates’ decline into decadence and debauchery.

703.02 - The duty to maintain the faith of Canonism within their estates, to maintain orthodox views, and to uphold clerical teaching and law within their estates.

703.03 - The duty to never draw arms against the Imperial State, to maintain the peace and law of the Imperial State, and to hold utmost loyalty to their sovereign and the Imperial State.

703.04 - The duty to answer all calls to arm by the sovereign and Imperial State, to defend the Imperial State from all exterior and interior threats, and to combat all hostile forces in conflict with the Imperial State.

703.05 - The duty to maintain a force of five-hundred soldiers of foot if the baronial rank, a force of one thousand soldiers of foot if the comital rank, a force of two thousand soldiers of foot if the ducal rank, and a force of four thousand soldiers of foot if of the princely or royal rank.

703.06 - The duty to seek the permission of the sovereign for the case of the marriages of landed lords and their heirs.

CH 704 - On Rights and Privileges of the Clergy

704.01 - The right to hold clerical title within the Imperial State, regarded in high degree with the office holder, to be known by their respective titles.

704.02 - The privilege to hold landed clerical peerage appertaining to their estates within the Imperial State, the created nature of peerage conveyed through Imperial Letters, issued singularly by the discretion of the sovereign. 

704.03 - The right to hold estates within the Imperial State and to manage and steward the allotted land as seen fit.

704.04 - The right to evangelize with the populace of the Imperial State and with any populace abroad, to travel to the Imperial State as seen fit, and to be welcomed into any estate under the protection of the Imperial State.

704.05 - The right to congregate in a diet, to deliberate and converse within the diet, and to join in a petition to the Imperial State.

CH 705 - On Duties of the Clergy

705.01 - The duty to maintain their estates, manage them with good nature and uphold the law of the Imperial State within their estates, and to prohibit any estates’ decline into decadence and debauchery.

705.02 - The duty to maintain the faith of Canonism within their estates or their designated parish, to maintain orthodox views, and to uphold clerical teaching and law within their estates or designated parish.

705.03 - The duty to never draw arms against the Imperial State, to maintain the peace and law of the Imperial State, and to hold utmost loyalty to their sovereign and the Imperial State.

CH 706 - On Rights and Privileges of the Bourgeoisie 

706.01 - The right to hold burgher title within the Imperial State, regarded in high degree with the office holder, to be known by their respective titles.

706.02 - The right to not be bound by estate or lordly vow, to be free men within their own right, and to travel the land of the Imperial State as seen fit.

CH 707 - On Duties of the Bourgeoisie

707.01 - The duty to maintain utmost loyalty to the Imperial State and sovereign, to never draw arms against the Imperial State and sovereign, and to uphold the law of the Imperial State.

707.02 - The duty to maintain their faith of Canonism, to never deviate from their faith, and to uphold clerical teaching and law.

CH 708 - On Provision and Regency

708.01 - Regency is defined as a person or persons chosen to administer an estate or office because of the incapacity of the current office holder, such as infancy, incapacitation or absence.

708.02 - A designated regent is chosen by the capable lord, to administer and rule in the name of the lord or his heir in the case of incapability of the office holder. The person or persons designated to rule as regent is to be defined and listed with the will of the office holder.

708.03 - If no designated regent is chosen and an office holder becomes incapable to rule, a regent is chosen by the Imperial State, to administer the estates as seen fit by the Crown.

CH 709 - On Succession Crisis

709.01 - A succession crisis is defined as a person or persons challenging a current incumbent lord for his or her office, through proper sanguineous claim and support of fellow noblemen and noblewomen.

709.02 - A succession crisis, if brought forth, is be first solved by the constituent parties through nonviolent and nonaggressive means.

709.03 - If the constituent parties cannot resolve their matters through nonviolent and nonaggressive means, the crisis is to be brought forth to the Imperial State, to be decided on and resolved.

709.04 - If any violent and aggressive actions occur between the constituent parties, it is to be considered a breach of the law of the Imperial State, to be seen as treason and the offending parties charged as seen fit by the Imperial State.

CH 710 - On Inter-vassal Conflicts

710.01 - An inter-vassal conflict is defined as two or more direct vassals or fiefs sworn to the Imperial State entering a state of warfare and armed conflict, while maintaining loyalty to the sovereign and Imperial State.

710.02 - All inter-vassal conflict is prohibited within the realm, unless by sanction by the sovereign and Imperial State through the signing of a Pacta Conventa.

710.03 - A Pacta Conventa is defined as a sanction given by the sovereign and Imperial State for allowance of an inter-vassal conflict, typically outlining specific restrictions and duties upon each party involved and swearing each party to uphold their loyalty and duties to the Imperial State.

710.04 - All inter-vassal conflicts may be ordered to stop by order of either the sovereign or the Imperial State as a whole, on threat of being charged of treason.

710.05 - All inter-vassal conflicts are barred from the use of external allies and non-human mercenaries, as only human-led factions either sworn to the Imperial State or in affiliation with the Imperial State may be called into a war.

 

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TITLE VIII - LEX ARCANIA

CH 801 - On Defining the Lex Arcania

801.01 - Magicka, or the Practice of Magic, is defined as the explicit use of voidal properties in order to manipulate the natural world, conjecture voidal energy into the natural world, or the manipulation of the natural mind and soul through the use of voidal energy (see Lexicon).

801.02 - Magicka encompasses all use of voidal energies, including the use of aengulic powers or druidic powers, and henceforth falls under the jurisdiction of the Lex Arcania.

CH 802 - On Identifying Magicka and Its Use

802.01 - Where an individual deliberately creates fluid elemental objects or energies through the use of voidal energy, commonly conjectured through staves or other magical objects, this shall be defined as the Magic of Elemental Evocation.

802.011 - Further defined, where an individual uses Elemental Evocation for the production of fire, evoking fire or the creation of other inflammatory objects, this shall be defined as the Sect of Fire Evocation.

802.012 - Further defined, where an individual uses Elemental Evocation for the production of water, the production of ice, evoking water, evoking ice or the creation of other aquatic objects, this shall be defined as the Sect of Water Evocation.

802.013 - Further defined, where an individual uses Elemental Evocation for the production of earthen objects or the manipulation of earthen objects, this shall be defined as the Sect of Earth Evocation.

802.014 - Further defined, where an individual uses Elemental Evocation for the production of wind or aerial objects, this shall be defined as the Sect of Air Evocation.

802.015 - Further defined, where an individual uses Elemental Evocation for the production of electric currents, the manipulation of electric currents, or the creation of charged electricity, this shall be defined as the Sect of Electric Evocation.

802.02 - Where an individual deliberately manipulates pure voidal energy in order to create tools, weapons, or other solids, this shall be defined as the Magic of Arcanism.

802.021 - Further defined, where an individual uses Arcanism for the creation of projectiles, typically used in offensive measurements, this shall be defined as the Sect of Arcane Projectiles.

802.022 - Further defined, where an individual uses Arcanism for the creation of solid shields, typically used as a defensive measure against offensive actions done upon the individual, this shall be defined as the Sect of Arcane Shielding.

802.023 - Further defined, where an individual uses Arcanism for the creation of weapons or tools, including such for both martial reasons and domestic reasons, this shall be defined as the Sect of Arcane Weaponry.

802.024 - Further defined, where an individual uses Arcanism for the creation of artistic objects or the production of arcane fog, this shall be defined as the Sect of Arcane Art.

802.03 - Where an individual deliberately creates semi-sentient beings  or other mimics of living creatures through the use of voidal energy, this shall be defined as the Magic of Conjuration.

802.04 - Where an individual deliberately manipulates voidal energy for the creation of solid elements for the use in domestic settings or the creation of new properties in pre-existing objects, this shall be defined as the Magic of Transfiguration.

802.041 - Further defined, where an individual uses Transfiguration for the creation of natural objects for use within domestic settings, this shall be defined as the Sect of Transmutation.

802.042 - Further defined, where an individual uses Transfiguration for the creation of magical storage through the use of precious or semi-precious gems in order to manipulate the properties of a natural object, this shall be defined as the Sect of Enchanting.

802.043 - Further defined, where an individual uses Transfiguration for the creation of wards in order to deliberately halt spells or other magical entities, this shall be defined as the Sect of Abjuration.

802.05 - Where an individual deliberately manipulates the position of an object and creates unnatural movements with said object, this shall be defined as the Magic of Telekinesis.

802.06 - Where an individual deliberately manipulates voidal energy in order to translocate a natural object into the voidal plain and later return said natural object back into the natural world, this shall be defined as the Magic of Translocation.

802.07 - Where an individual deliberately manipulates the voidal plain in order to translocate themselves from one location to another location in the natural world, this shall be defined as the Magic of Voidal Shifting.

802.08 - Where an individual deliberately attempts to manipulate or influence the mind of an individual in order to fabricate sense or emotions, this shall be defined as the Magic of Sensory Illusion.

802.09 - Where an individual deliberately attempts to manipulate or influence the mind of themselves in order to increase intelligence or personal awareness, this shall be defined as the Magic of Cognatism.

802.10 - Where an individual deliberately attempts to manipulate or influence the mind of an individual in order to fabricate or change thoughts or memories or sending messages through telepathy, this shall be defined as the Magic of Mentalism.

802.11 - Where an individual deliberately creates symbols, letters, or words imbued with voidal energy in order to manipulate or enhance pre-existing worldly objects in the intent of increasing their potency or abilities, this shall be defined as the Magic of Runesmithing.

802.12 - Where an individual deliberately animates a pre-existing inanimate humanoid object with voidal energy in order to perform several tasks in direct contract to its creator or otherwise, this shall be defined as the Magic of Golemancy.

802.13 - Where an individual deliberately attempts to sever or remove the voidal connection of a magic user through the use of their own voidal powers and energies, this shall be defined as the Magic of Antiism, or Anti-Magic.

802.14 - Where an individual deliberately attempts to manipulate energy given or borrowed from a separate magical being, typically classified as lesser daemonic creatures, this shall be defined as the Magic of Deitism.

802.141 - Further defined, where an individual attempts to manipulate energy given or borrowed from the lesser voidal beings and spirits, this shall be defined as the Magic of Shamanism.

802.142 - Further defined, where an individual attempts to manipulate energy given or borrowed from the daemonic beings  Cerridwen (High Imp. Ceridunius), Cernunnos (High Imp. Cernunnus), and Nemissae (High Imp. Nemisia), typically in use of manipulating natural entities in the world, this shall be defined as the Magic of Druidism.

802.143 - Further defined, where an individual attempts to manipulate energy given or borrowed from the daemonic being Tahariae (High Imp. Tahariae), typically in use of personal healing or otherwise, this shall be defined as the Magic of Clericism.

802.144 - Further defined, where an individual attempts to manipulate energy given or borrowed from the daemonic being Metztli (High Imp. Metsilius), typically in use to manipulate time and space within the natural world, this shall be defined as the Magic of Munism.

802.145 - Further defined, where an individual attempts to manipulate energy given or borrowed from the daemonic being Xan (High Imp. Janus), typically in use to manipulate or remove corrupted voidal energies, this shall be defined as the Magic of Xanism.

802.146 - Further defined, where an individual attempts to manipulate energy given or borrowed from the daemonic being Aerial (High Imp. Aeria), typically in use to manipulate or remove corrupted voidal energies, this shall be defined as the Magic of Ascendedism.

802.147 - Further defined, where an individual attempts to manipulate energy given or borrowed from the daemonic beings Keldrith (High Imp. Keldrian), Rellenia (High Imp. Rellenia), and Tariel (High Imp. Tarius), typically in use to reanimate creatures or beings, this shall be defined as the Magic of Wilvenism.

802.15 - Where an individual deliberately attempts to manipulate energy given or borrowed from a separate magical being, however corrupted and powered through the use of occultism or other blasphemic details and typically classified as lesser or greater daemonic creatures, this shall be defined as the Magic of Dark Deitism, or called the Dark Arts.

802.151 - Further defined, where an individual attempts to manipulate dark energy given or borrowed from lesser voidal beings and spirits, this shall be defined as the Magic of Dark Shamanism.

802.152 - Further defined, where an individual attempts to manipulate dark energy through the sacrificial rituals using sangeious materials, typically blood, this shall be defined as Blood Magic.

802.153 - Further defined, where an individual attempts to manipulate dark energy in order to reanimate dead creatures or otherwise or draining the current force of life from a pre-existing creature of the natural world, this shall be defined as the Magic of Necromancy.

802.154 - Further defined, where an individual attempts to manipulate dark energy in order to manipulate another individual and their current state typically through the use of a doll or other mundane object, this shall be defined as the Magic of Soul Puppetry.

802.155 - Further defined, where an individual attempts to manipulate dark energy given or borrowed from the daemonic being Setherien (High Imp. Setherius), typically in order to corrupt objects or creatures of the natural world, this shall be defined as the Magic of Draakarism.

CH 803 - On the Ten Laws of Magicka

803.01 - As determined by the congregation of mages pre-existing, all magicka and its use is subservient to the Ten Laws of Magicka, defining what is proper and what is considered unsuited within the Imperial State.

803.02 - Of the laws that ensure, the punishments are not categorized but rather determined through the judgement of the Imperial Arcane Specialist, and as such the severity and selection of said punishment is entirely determinate upon each specific case.

803.03 - The Imperial State may mandate more regulation of magicka and its use by through individual acts and edicts not defined by the Ten Laws of Magicka.

803.03 - The Ten Laws of Magicka ensues the following,

803.031 - The First Law of Magicka, where an individual is forbidden to kill another individual, unless through the defense of the individual from harm, with the use of magicka.

803.032 - The Second Law of Magicka, where an individual is forbidden to alter their own physical appearance where said individual is unrecognizable with the use of magicka.

803.033 - The Third Law of Magicka, where an individual is forbidden to alter the mind of another individual, unless through the use of sending messages between said individual with the use of magicka.

803.034 - The Fourth Law of Magicka, where an individual is forbidden to practice or perform any magicka defined under the Dark Arts.

803.035 - The Fifth Law of Magica, where an individual is forbidden to create unregistered magical objects not approved by the Imperial Arcane Specialist.

803.036 - The Sixth Law of Magicka, where an individual is forbidden to alter with permission another individual’s property with the use of magicka.

803.037 - The Seventh Law of Magicka, where an individual is forbidden to actively worship the daemonic being contrarian to the Canonist Imperial State.

803.038 - The Eighth Law of Magicka, where an individual is forbidden to perform unregistered magical research no approved by the Imperial Arcane Specialist.

803.039 - The Ninth Law of Magicka, where an individual is forbidden to use of perform any reanimating magicka, specifically the Magic of Necromancy and the Magic of Wilvenism.

803.0310 - The Tenth Law of Magicka, where an individual is forbidden to harbor unregistered magical entities not approved by the Imperial Arcane Specialist.