LTLDK pavietų žemės teismų knygos yra menkai ištirtos. Tyrimo tikslas ir uždaviniai – išnagrinėti XX a. pradžioje aprašytų ir dabar išlikusių Žemaitijos žemės teismų knygų santykį; taip pat ištirti kai kurių LDK pavietų žemės teismų knygų sandarą ir nustatyti jų notarinių ir procesinių dalių santykį. Straipsnyje nagrinėjamas rankraštinių Žemaitijos žemės teismų knygų pobūdis, formuluojama sisteminė jų tyrimo galimybė. [Iš leidinio]Reikšminiai žodžiai: LDK žemės teismų knygų sandara; Žemaitijos žemės teismų rankraštinės knygos; Ivanas Sprogis; Antrasis LDK Statutas; LDK bajorija; Thematic structure of land court books of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania; Samogitian land court manuscript books; Ivanas Sprogis; Second Statute of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania; Nobility of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
ENThe surviving manuscript court books are the main source for the study of the life of the nobility of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in district land courts at the end of the 16th century. A series of Samogitian land court books is especially interesting because they come in an almost uninterrupted flow throughout the final quarter of the century, and even though the books are in a very different state of preservation, they are probably the largest ones (next to Grodno and Slonim district land court books). However, the research possibility itself is disturbed by two circumstances. First of all, the books were rebound during the 20th century; therefore, the descriptions of their contents made (and published) in the beginning of the century are not consistent with the present situation. However, most importantly, after the “reformation” of the collection of books into the books of deeds and cases, the analysis of court records, in the attempt to group them into notarial and judicial records, is made rather complicated. The article addresses the oldest extant (up to 1600) Samogitian land court books, their state of preservation, contents and thematic structure. Attempts are made to compare the scope and contents of land court books; the books reported lost, divided or merged together are indicated. It has been determined that starting from the final decade of the 16th century the Samogitian land court kept the land court books of deeds, current affairs and judicial proceedings. Hence, from this period onwards we can already speak about the existence of three microchancelleries in the land court. [From the publication]