Catalan Courts

Corts reference identification

Record whether a reference denotes the enduring institution, one assembly or another body; retain the original designation.

1. What wording and documentary context identify this reference as the Catalan Corts? definition
2. Does the reference concern the institution, a session, a judicial body or the modern Parliament? boundary

Catalan competence within a composite monarchy

Separate Catalan authority from the monarch's wider dominions and from the competence of other territorial assemblies.

1. Which territories and communities did this proceeding claim to represent or bind? boundary
2. Which contemporary instrument supports the asserted competence? provenance

Royal capacity and delegation

Record who acted for the monarchy, in what capacity, and whether that authority was accepted or challenged.

1. Who summoned or presided over this assembly, and under which title or delegated authority? provenance
2. Was that person's authority to conduct the proceeding disputed? boundary

Credentials and represented communities

Associate participants with their estate, represented body and documented authority; do not infer universal representation from the presence of three estates.

1. Which persons or corporate bodies participated in each estate at this session? provenance
2. What credentials, instructions or restrictions governed each representative's consent? action
3. Which communities or social groups lacked representation or had contested admission? boundary

Summons, opening and session identity

Link summonses, dates, venues and opening records while allowing a session to move or resume.

1. Which summons and opening record establish that the assembly actually convened? provenance
2. Do changes of date or venue represent continuation, prorogation or a separate assembly? boundary

Procedural progress and unfinished business

Distinguish completed decisions from negotiations left unresolved by interruption or failure to conclude.

1. What records establish the sequence of deliberation, objections and responses? provenance
2. Which business reached documented completion, and which remained pending? action

Act type and recorded consent

The 1283 settlement is a key reference for negotiated constitutional authority; assess each later act using its own period and documentary evidence. [Parliament's account of the Corts](https://www.parlament.cat/wp/pcat/parlament/historia-del-parlament/corts-generals-de-catalunya/)

1. How does the source classify this act, and what did that classification mean at the time? definition
2. What evidence establishes the required estate agreement and royal authorization? provenance
3. May this text be treated as adopted, or only as proposed or negotiated? action

Greuges and recorded disposition

Record a grievance's claimant, alleged wrong, requested remedy and documented disposition separately.

1. Who presented the grievance, against whom, and under which claimed right? provenance
2. Was a remedy requested, accepted, deferred or implemented, and what evidence distinguishes those states? action

Donatiu terms and conditions

Track a requested or agreed grant through its amount, purpose, conditions and payment obligations.

1. What amount or resources were requested and what was ultimately agreed? measurement
2. Which conditions, deadlines or reciprocal commitments qualified the grant? action

Authorization versus administration

The Diputació executed decisions, particularly fiscal ones, extending beyond the assembly's duration; preserve the boundary between the authorizing Corts and the administering institution. [Generalitat institutional history](https://web.gencat.cat/ca/generalitat/qui-som/historia-generalitat/diputacio-general)

1. Which Corts decision assigned collection, administration or oversight responsibilities? provenance
2. Which subsequent actions belong to the Diputació's own institutional record? boundary

Cessation, abolition and later inheritance

Record wartime cessation separately from formal abolition: Parliament's historical account connects the 1714 defeat with abolition under the 1716 Nueva Planta decree. [Parliament's account of the Corts](https://www.parlament.cat/wp/pcat/parlament/historia-del-parlament/corts-generals-de-catalunya/)

1. Which events establish the last exercise of authority and which instrument establishes legal abolition? provenance
2. Does a later institution claim historical inheritance, legal succession or literal institutional identity? boundary

Documentary witness and evidence gaps

Record archive identifiers, document dates, transmission and passage references; distinguish contemporary records from editions and later interpretations.

1. Which identifiable document and passage support the claimed participant, procedure or outcome? provenance
2. Does missing evidence indicate an unknown outcome or support a documented non-occurrence? boundary
3. What additional witness would resolve the disagreement or justify changing the assessment? action

Check these first

Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.

1. Which of these check these first hold for the sense of Catalan Courts this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Standards and regulation

Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.

1. Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of Catalan Courts this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Real-world use

Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.

1. Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of Catalan Courts this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Failure modes and hazards

Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.

1. Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of Catalan Courts this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Regional variation

Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.

1. Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of Catalan Courts this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart

Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.

1. Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of Catalan Courts this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance