King's ban
Königsbann, literally king's ban, was the exercise of royal jurisdiction in the Holy Roman Empire.
A specific ban identified:
The king's ban in the legal history of the Holy Roman Empire was divided into several distinct types depending on their function:
- Heerbann, the right to raise an army,
- Blutbann,
- Friedensbann,
- Verordnungsbann and
- Verwaltungsbann.
The king used a so-called Bannleihe to transfer the ban, especially the Blutbann, to counts or advocates to exercise.Literature
