Status warcki

The war statute - the right given by Wladyslaw II Jagiello on October 28, 1423, at the general chamber of the Warta.

The statute of war was another law that influenced the economy of the time and provided the legal basis for taking over the farms of the sołtysich and the larger ones on the principle of redemption at the price estimated by the nobleman (feudala), often as a result of the total or partial. It was a reflection of the moods already in the days of Casimir III the Great, when the nobles burned with aversion to the rich, free-of-minded peasants and peasants. The rule allowed the elimination of the village administrations by the gentry in the hands assigned to them by the rulers of Poland, who constitute the central authority. The land so acquired was included in large farm holdings. Operation of the noble farms was based on the forced labor, the so-called. Therefore, their economic performance was lower than that of rural areas, despite the fact that the farmsteads brought high income to the nobility. The statute at the same time limited the peasants' right to leave the village, which was to prevent their migration. The ban did not stop a large proportion of the rebels and peasants from escaping to the east, where they often fed the ranks of the Cossacks.

The statute obliged the voivods to control urban measures and weights and to set prices for craft articles.

The statute was used until the sixteenth century, and its provision on pricing was reproduced in other statutes - Nieszawskie from 1454 and Piotrków from 1496. These provisions were applicable to the first partitions.

Other rights and consequences of the statute:

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