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 | | The Free Count, who was called Stuhlherr, or tribunal lord, presided over this free County and the Tribunal held within it. |
 | | He had also the prerogative of erecting other Tribunals within his territorial limits, and if he did not preside in person, he appointed a Freigraf, or free judge, to supply his place. |
 | | No one could be invested with the dignity of a Free Judge unless he were a Westphalian by birth, born in lawful wedlock of honest parents; of good repute, charged with no crime, and well qualified to preside over the County. |
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