STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2338, sig. 109-11/140

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18 was, like that of the local legal system, which is valid in Bohemia and Mhren according to Geset N. ll9/le7g. The legal system in Bohemia and Moravia requires an orderly trial that it does not grant its help /brscehium saeeulare - the worldly arm/ for the execution of ecclesiastical orders and decisions against religious, without before an ordered trial was carried out on Kirehliche forum, i.e. a procedure to ensure compliance with all the legal rules of the court. III. It must also be taken into account that all members of both Grdensgenossenschesterten, priests and lay brothers, are bound to the Order by solemn vows /pro- fessio religiosa/, The religious profession - legally constructed - is a mutual contract: the candidate surrenders himself to the order, he provides the Order with his felicities, his health, and often also his legs, through the Gelubde of Ar-mut, he also hands over his future possessions to the orders, which he will relinquish through his own diligence or dureh his religious affiliation /Cen. 580 s2/. The Order accepts this devotion and commits itself to