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grietman
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thumb | right | A 1762 etching map of Friesland by Johann Hermann Knoop, printed by A. Durleu and published by A. van Linge & Co, features the coat of arms, a legend of regions, and a woman stacking peat plagues, with a collector’s mark and dimensions of 340 mm × 340 mm. A grietman (from Old Frisian greta to accuse, to indict) was a judge and administrator of a local district; this role was partly a forerunner of the current rural mayor in the province of Friesland, and partly the forerunner of a judge. East of the Lauwers river these judges were often referred to as 'redjeva' and west of the
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- Jurisdiction
- Election of a grietman
- Frisian Nobility in the role of grietman
- References
thumb | right | A 1762 etching map of Friesland by Johann Hermann Knoop, printed by A. Durleu and published by A. van Linge & Co, features the coat of arms, a legend of regions, and a woman stacking peat plagues, with a collector’s mark and dimensions of 340 mm × 340 mm. A grietman (from Old Frisian greta to accuse, to indict) was a judge and administrator of a local district; this role was partly a forerunner of the current rural mayor in the province of Friesland, and partly the forerunner of a judge. East of the Lauwers river these judges were often referred to as 'redjeva' and west of the Lauwers river as 'grietman'.
==Jurisdiction==