Town privileges

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Town privileges were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium.

Judicially, a town was distinguished from the surrounding land by means of a charter from the ruling monarch that defined its privileges and laws. The most common privileges was that of trade and the establishment of guilds. Some degree of self-government, representation in a diet, and tax-relief could also be granted.

In the Anglophone world, see municipal charter.

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