ca. 1551

“Imperial/Royal Police Ordinance” issued by Imperial Police Authorities, year 1551 [Kingdom of Bavaria; Present-day Germany] [Provisional]: “[…] Jews may not cede/sell their demands they hold on one Christian to another Christian without voiding [the demand]. […]”  [Researcher’s note: This ordinance prohibited Jews from selling IOUs or any contract they held with any Christians without voiding them. The ‘Mortgage Law’ of June 1, 1822, established via §53 a exception for mortgages.]
Sammlung der im Gebiete der inneren Staats-Verwaltung des Königreichs Bayern bestehenden Verordnungen aus amtlichen Quellen geschöpft und systematisch geordnet von G. Döllinger, König. bayer. geheimen Hausarchivar und wirklichen Rath. Sechste Band; (München; 1838); (‘Collection of Regulations/Ordinances Existing in the Territories of the Internal State Administration of the Kingdom of Bavaria from official sources and systematically arranged by G. Döllinger, Royal Bavarian Secret House-Archivist and True Advisor; Volume VI’), (Munich; 1838); Researched and Translated by Ziba Shadjaani 7/7/2018