16th century in law

16th-century codification of legislation of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

thumb|upright|Front page of "Decretum tripartitum", the Croatian version of Hungarian original, edited by Ivanuš Pergošić and printed in 1574 in Nedelišće The Tripartitum or Opus Tripartitum (in full, , "Customary Law of the Renowned Kingdom of Hungary in Three Parts") is a manual of Hungarian customary law which István Werbőczy began to compile in 1504 in Alsópetény, completed in 1514, and was first published at Vienna in 1517. Although it never received official approval due to the political effects caused by the peasant revolt led by György Dózsa, it was highly influential and went through