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'' 'City rights' redirects here.''
'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. Common privileges were related to trading (to have a market, to store goods, etc) and the establishment of guilds. Some of these privileges were permanent and could imply that the town obtained the right to be called a city, hence the term 'city rights'. 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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★ German town law

★ Kulm law

★ Lübeck law

★ Magdeburg rights

★ Confoederatio cum principibus ecclesiasticis

★ City rights in the Low Countries

★ City status in the United Kingdom

★ City status in Sweden

★ Imperial free city

★ Scottish Burgh