Nihil novi (1505)

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Nihil novi (1505) was a landmark Polish constitutional act that curtailed royal authority by requiring the consent of the Sejm, dominated by the szlachta (nobility), for the enactment of new laws.

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Nihil novi (1505) canonical 1
Nihil novi act of 1505 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Polish statute ⓘ
constitutional act ⓘ
legal act ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Nihil novi constitution ⓘ
linked to: Nihil novi act

Nihil novi nisi commune consensu ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Crown of the Kingdom of Poland ⓘ
benefitedGroup Polish nobility ⓘ
linked to: szlachta

szlachta ⓘ
country Kingdom of Poland ⓘ
dateEnacted 1505 ⓘ
enactedBy King Alexander Jagiellon ⓘ
linked to: Alexander Jagiellon
followedBy Henrician Articles ⓘ
later constitutional acts of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
historicalEra Jagiellonian period ⓘ
late Middle Ages in Poland ⓘ
influenced concept of Golden Liberty ⓘ
development of parliamentary governance in Poland ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
LatinTitle Nihil novi nisi commune consensu ⓘ
linked to: Nihil novi act
legalPrinciple monarch bound by decisions of the Sejm ⓘ
no new law without consent of the estates ⓘ
legalSubject legislative procedure ⓘ
limitation of royal authority ⓘ
nobility rights ⓘ
legislature Sejm of the Kingdom of Poland ⓘ
mainEffect curtailed royal legislative power ⓘ
limited the king’s ability to issue laws unilaterally ⓘ
required consent of the Sejm for new laws ⓘ
strengthened political role of the szlachta ⓘ
partOf Polish constitutional history ⓘ
history of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
placeEnacted Radom ⓘ
politicalSignificance foundation of Polish noble democracy ⓘ
key step in development of the Polish–Lithuanian political system ⓘ
shifted power from monarch to parliament ⓘ
precededBy Privilege of Nieszawa ⓘ
earlier royal privileges to the nobility ⓘ
relatedConcept Golden Liberty ⓘ
estates of the realm ⓘ
noble democracy ⓘ
requiredConsentFrom Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
Sejm ⓘ
Senate of Poland ⓘ
signedBy Alexander Jagiellon ⓘ
subjectOf research on early modern parliamentary systems ⓘ
studies in Polish constitutional law ⓘ
translationOfTitle Nothing new without the common consent ⓘ
year 1505 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

szlachta → notableLaw → Nihil novi (1505) ⓘ
Legal history of Poland → includesLegalAct → Nihil novi act of 1505 ⓘ
linked to: Nihil novi (1505)