Quarter Courts of Iceland

Quarter Courts
Fjórðungsdómar
Established	c. 965
Dissolved	c. 1262
Country	Iceland
Location	Þingvellir
Type	Lower courts
Appellate court	Fifth Court
Number of positions	144

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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.

References

Courts of Iceland

Supreme Court of Iceland (1920)

Appellate courts

Landsréttur (2018)

District courts

Special courts

Labour Court (1938)
National Court (1905)

Former courts

High courts	Court of Legislature (930 – c. 965, c. 1262 – 1563) Fifth Court (c. 1015 – c. 1262) High Court (1563 – 1800) National High Court (1800 – 1920)

Lower courts	Court of Legislature (1563 – 1800) Quarter Courts (c. 965 – c. 1262)

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