Chief Justice of Hungary

Chief Justice of the
Kingdom of Hungary
Chief Justice of the; Kingdom of Hungary
Residence	Buda (1514–1536; 1784–1867); Pressburg (1536–1784)
Appointer	King of Hungary
Precursor	Secret Chancellor
Formation	15th century (1464)
First holder	Janus Pannonius
Final holder	István Melczer
Abolished	1867
Succession	President of the Curia Regia

The chief justice^[1]^[2]^[3] (Hungarian: királyi személynök,^[4] Latin: personalis praesentiae regiae in judiciis locumtenens,^[5] German: Königliche Personalis)^[1] was the personal legal representative of the King of Hungary, who issued decrees of judicial character on behalf of the monarch authenticated with the royal seal, performed national notarial activities and played an important role in the organisation of lawyers training. Later the chief justice was the head of the Royal Court of Justice (Hungarian: Királyi Ítélőtábla, Latin: Tabula Regia Iudiciaria) and the Tribunal of the Chief Justice (Hungarian: személynöki szék, Latin: sedes personalitia), the highest legal forum of civil cases.

^ ^a ^b Fallenbüchl 1988, p. 147.
^ Szende 1999, p. 448.
^ Gergely 2000, pp. 133–134.
^ Fallenbüchl 1988, p. 107.
^ Fallenbüchl 1988, p. 29.

[Fallenbüchl_147-1] Fallenbüchl 1988, p. 147.

[2] Szende 1999, p. 448.

[3] Gergely 2000, pp. 133–134.

[Fallenbüchl_107-4] Fallenbüchl 1988, p. 107.

[Fallenbüchl_29-5] Fallenbüchl 1988, p. 29.

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Chief Justice of the Kingdom of Hungary

Residence	Buda (1514–1536; 1784–1867) Pressburg (1536–1784)
Appointer	King of Hungary
Precursor	Secret Chancellor
Formation	15th century (1464)
First holder	Janus Pannonius
Final holder	István Melczer
Abolished	1867
Succession	President of the Curia Regia