### Credible places
The special institute of the Hungarian written legislature till 1847. Ecclesiastical bodies (chapters and convents) that issued official charters (which were later accepted as authentic documents in cases of legal disputes) - partly performing the commissions of the king and other authorities, partly on behalf of people in legal transactions (for example, buying and selling, etc.) - were called "hiteleshely"-s (loca credibilia = credible places). This activity came into general use during the 13th century, and its first examples are known from the end of the 12th century. ZSA