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Stabilia (Testimonies in civil disputes concerning real estate)
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Stabilia (Testimonies in civil disputes concerning real estate)

  • HR-DADU-25
  • Fonds
  • 1465, 1470, 1472, 1475-1480, 1482-1499, 1503-1510, 1520-1522, 1529-1530, 1535, 1537-1538, 1543-1545, 1570-1573, 1575-1577, 1581-1583, 1586-1587, 1589, 1591, 1593, 1597, 1600, 1602-1604, 1607-1815

The lawsuits addressed to the Civil Court and the first statements of plaintiffs, defendants and witnesses were registered in the volumes of the fonds Intentiones Cancellariae (HR-DADU-22). If it was deemed necessary, the Civil Court would continue with the proceedings by hearing prosecutors, defendants, and witnesses. If these were real estate proceedings, the hearings would be then recorded in the books of this fonds, which covers the period from the mid-15th century to the early 19th century. The volumes of this fonds consist of two parts: Stabilia ordinaria and Stabilia extraordinaria. Some proceedings were terminated with a final verdict. The date of the verdict and the page number of the sheet of paper on which the verdict was entered, are noted on the margins of the document. This procedure makes it easier to find the actual judgement in the fonds of the civil court sentences (Sententiae Cancellariae; HR-DADU-18).


There is very little reference to Jewish people in this fonds. Nevertheless, the references found are still significant since, according to these references, Jews also acted asrepresentatives of Christian defendants. For example, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Ruben Vita Ambonetti repeatedly appeared as a representative of a sea captain Bartul Pezer (e.g., vol. 235, ff. 17v-19v).

Chancellery of the Dubrovnik Republic