Quarter courts of Iceland

Quarter courts

Fjórðungsdómar
Established| c. 965
Dissolved| c. 1262
Jurisdiction| Iceland
Location| Þingvellir
Appeals to| Fifth Court
Appeals from| Spring assembly courts
Number of positions| 144 (36 per court)

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The quarter courts (Icelandic: fjórðungsdómur (singular), fjórðungsdómar (plural)) were lower courts established in Iceland approximately in the year 965 during the period of the Icelandic Commonwealth. They were institutions of Althing, the nation's legislative and judicial authority. There was no executive power in the country at the time. The country was divided into quarters and each quarter had a court consisting of 36 judges.

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