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The ''Cort de Antics'' is a court embedded within the Levantine Union which is responsible for adjudicating competing noble claims and awarding compensation for nobles dispossessed during the [[Fraternal Wars]] in addition to other dispossessed nobles. As a consequence of its jurisdiction, the ''Cort'' has functionally become the highest court of peerage law in Levantia. The ''Cort'' consists of one judge nominated by each member nation; judges are confirmed by the Levantine Union Diet. | The ''Cort de Antics'' is a court embedded within the Levantine Union which is responsible for adjudicating competing noble claims and awarding compensation for nobles dispossessed during the [[Fraternal Wars]] in addition to other dispossessed nobles. As a consequence of its jurisdiction, the ''Cort'' has functionally become the highest court of peerage law in Levantia. The ''Cort'' consists of one judge nominated by each member nation; judges are confirmed by the Levantine Union Diet. | ||
The ''Cort'' was created in | The ''Cort'' was created in 1950 in order to resolve disputes between member states of the Deric States and [[The Dispossessed|deposed Deric nobles]] in the wake of the [[Third Fratricide]], although the ''Cort'' was soon expanded to adjudicating all rival noble claims. The ''Cort'', since its creation, has accrued the world's largest library of ancestral and feudal records, documents which are necessary for determining claims. Throughout its history, the ''Cort'' has become involved in several high-profile claim disputes, including a large series of claims of Derian nobles against [[Burgundie]] in the 1970s. | ||
=== Union Administraton === | === Union Administraton === | ||