Cort de Antics

The Cort de Antics (Æng: Ancients' Court) is a Levantine Union court responsible for adjudicating competing noble claims as well as claims between pretenders and the states of the Union. It is considered the final arbiter of peerage law within the Levantine Union and is widely considered to be the world's most respected peerage court.

Function
The Cort de Antics has become the highest court of peerage law in the Levantine Union. Since its establishment, it has taken on appellate jurisdiction for cases related to heritage and ancestry throughout the Union.

The Cort's functions rely in large part on the legal authority given to it through the Empire-in-fact.

Changes in the 2020s
The dissolution of the Deric States significantly altered the number of judges on the Cort.

Familial Registry
The Familial Registry of the Cort de Antics is the world's largest depository of ancestral and feudal records and related information. Initially established as a small part of the Cort to help independently verify the claims it adjudicated, by 1960 it had begun to retain large amounts of information and was split off from the main Cort as its first separate administrative body, answerable to the Cort's members. By personnel and physical footprint, it is by far the largest part of the Cort.

Arms Registry
The Arms Registry of the Cort de Antics is the Levantine Union's largest, responsible for maintaining records on the proper descent and use of arms. Since the dissolution of the Holy Levantine Empire, it has become the primary authority for the issuance of arms, a role it does through the legal authority of the Empire-in-fact. It was spun off from the Familial Registry in 1976. In addition to its responsibility as record keeper and issuer of arms, the Arms Registry provides both interpretive services on all arms it oversees. As part of its responsibility to manage arms, all copyright related materials that employ a true set of arms (i.e. one actually in use by a person or title) must receive written permission from the Registry to do so, though most governments and many large private entities have pre-approvals from the Registry. Failure to comply with "proper use" of Arms creates liability by the party using them, and the Arms Registry has the power to initiate lawsuits to protect the use of arms as.