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  2. Law of Poland - Wikipedia

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    The Polish law or legal system in Poland has been developing since the first centuries of Polish history, over 1,000 years ago. The public and private laws of Poland are codified. The supreme law in Poland is the Constitution of Poland. Poland is a civil law legal jurisdiction and has a civil code, the Civil Code of Poland.

  3. Classification of localities and their parts in Poland

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    According to the national law, settlement units or localities (Polish: miejscowość) are broadly classified in Poland as one of the following: [1]. a) a principal locality (miejscowość podstawowa) - an independent locality, e.g. a city/town or a village, all of them are always principal localities, and

  4. Dziennik Ustaw - Wikipedia

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    Dziennik Ustaw (Polish: [ˈd͡ʑɛn.ɲik ˈu.staf]) or Dziennik Ustaw Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (English: Journal of Laws of the Republic of Poland, abbreviated Dz. U.) is the most important Polish publication of legal acts. It is the only official source of law for promulgation of Polish laws.

  5. List of cities and towns in Poland - Wikipedia

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    All municipalities in Poland are governed regardless of their type under the mandatory mayor–council government system. Executive power in a rural gmina is exercised by a wójt, while the homologue in municipalities containing cities or towns is called accordingly either a city mayor (prezydent miasta) or a town mayor (burmistrz), all of them elected by a two-round direct election, while the ...

  6. Olenders - Wikipedia

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    A historical Mennonite cemetery in Stogi, Poland An 18th-century Mennonite house in Żuławki, Poland. Olenders (Polish: Olędrzy Polish: [ɔˈlɛ̃dʐɨ] or Olendrzy, singular form: Olęder, Olender; German: Holländer, Hauländer) were people, often of Dutch or Frisian ancestry, who lived in settlements in Poland organized under a particular type of law.

  7. Sołtys - Wikipedia

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    In the Polish People's Republic, the role of a sołtys was replaced from 1954 to 1958 with a different position, though it was quickly changed to sołtys. [4] A sołtys was the executive of a village government which, until 1973, ruled a gromada. From 1973 a sołtys governed a sołectwo.

  8. Constitution of Poland - Wikipedia

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    official posts restricted to Polish and Lithuanian nobles; taxes and monopolies set up by the Diet only; nobles' right to disobey the king should he break any of these laws. Sejm Constitution of 1590. In the 18th century, the introduction of Cardinal Laws in 1768 was an important step towards codifying the existing Polish law.

  9. Administrative divisions of Poland - Wikipedia

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    1533 village or rural municipalities (gmina wiejska, not containing a town). 158 of them are called related or connected municipalities (gmina obwarzankowa). In this case the rural municipality does not contain a town, but its administration itself is located in a city or a town outside of its territory. 14 of these gminas have their ...