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{{DISPLAYTITLE:Law, Charters and Commerce}}
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Law in the [[Pelervar/Council of the Free Cities|Free Cities]] runs in layers, from the dockside up to the Council itself.

== The Layers of Law ==
* '''Local law''' — each city, town, and port keeps its own magistrates for everyday matters. '''[[Pelervar/Glossary#Harbour law|Harbour law]]''' is the part of it that governs the waterfront, the docks, and ships in port.
* '''[[Pelervar/Glossary#Charter law|Charter law]]''' — a settlement's [[Pelervar/Glossary#Charter|charter]] fixes its standing and obligations; disputes under it can be appealed upward, as far as the Council.
* '''[[Pelervar/Glossary#Trade law|Trade law]]''' — the common code governing dealings between members, enforced chiefly through the [[Pelervar/The Iron Scales Assembly|Iron Scales Assembly]].
* '''[[Pelervar/Glossary#Prize law|Prize law]]''' — the specialised branch covering privateering and captured ships, handled by the [[Pelervar/Glossary#Prize court|prize courts]], most visibly at [[Pelervar/Blacktide Haven|Blacktide Haven]].
* '''Maritime custom and treaty''' — on the open water, where no city's writ runs, there is only the sea-lane treaties, patrol agreements, and the separate [[Pelervar/Inner Sea|Inner Sea]] treaties with the elves.

== The Charter ==
The '''charter''' is the basic instrument of the confederation: a written grant that fixes a settlement's standing, rights, and obligations. It is issued or confirmed by a sponsoring city or the Council and recorded in the Council's keeping; disputes under it may rise on appeal as high as the Council itself.

== Guilds That Cross City Lines ==
* The [[Pelervar/The Iron Scales Assembly|Iron Scales Assembly]] governs certified commerce in the chartered cities. In a chartered city, uncertified trade is simply illegal.
* '''Prize law''', administered through prize courts, governs privateering and captured ships — a privateer's charter is only fully valid once countersigned at [[Pelervar/Ardaene|Ardaene]] or by the Council.
* The [[Pelervar/The Dawnbreakers Brotherhood|Dawnbreakers Brotherhood]] licenses mercenaries and registers military contracts; a contract sworn before the Brotherhood is treated as a contract sworn before [[Pelervar/Mordaveth|Mordaveth]].

== Defence ==
Each Free City keeps its own forces; chartered settlements maintain local security under their charters; dependent towns lean on their sponsoring cities. In a true crisis the members can raise joint fleets and militias — the confederation's oldest and most reliable instinct.

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