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Judicially, a town was distinguished from the surrounding land by means of a Charter from the ruling Monarch that defined its Privilege s and Law s. The most common privileges was that of trade and the establishment of Guild s. Some degree of Self-government , representation in a Diet , and tax-relief could also be granted. In German it was called Stadtrecht, literally meaning "City right". It can be understood as the Germanic and Hanseatic version of "the right to be a city". A town granted such rights had a certain urban law and statutes, but most importantly, was allowed certain privileges in terms of commercial activity, and also some judicial and political independence. In the Anglophone world, see Municipal Charter . SEE ALSO
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