LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Bajorai; Istoriografija; Lietuvos Didžioji Kunigaikštystė (LDK; Grand Duchy of Lithuania; GDL); Lietuvos Didžioji Kunigaikštystė (LDK; Grand Duchy of Lithuania; GDL); 16 amžius; 17 amžius; Pavieto maršalka; Seimeliai; Seimeliai, 1571-1630 m.; Dietines, 1571-1630; District (powiat) dietines; Historiography; Noblemen; Powiat marshall; Sejmik; The Great Duchy of Lithuania; The Lithuanian XVI-XVII c. history.
ENThe article deals with the problem of the procedure of the sessions of the "little diets" (local diets) of nobles (sojmiks) in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the second half of 16th – early 17th centuries. The author comes to the conclusion that, in the period of the 1580s – 1620s, marshalak of a district (pavet) presided according to his authority not only in the provincial districts (pavety) but in the central ones as well (except the districts of Vilnia and Troki) in cases of senator’s absentee. [From the publication]