Dubšar

Dubšar is a Hadašhim term denoting an imperial official tasked with enforcing laws and deciding disputes. Dubšar are something akin to judges but with broader jurisdiction. They receive extensive legal training and field experience befor appointment.

Lowest in their ranks are public inspectors of various urban or rural communities supervising marketplaces, taverns to enforce official standards with executive power should the need arise. After some years they are made into district judges who are primarily tasked with criminal matters. Any decision resulting in a fine over hundred silvers or in irreversible corporal punishment (mutilation/death) needs approval from a higher level.

High dubšars have at least two decades of experience in public service. They handle the appeals from lower echelons, provide for judical quality and decide high-profil civilian cases where at least a hundred silvers are at stake.

Imperial dubšars do serve as the custodians of judical uniformity across the realm. This particularly prestigious office is rather a supervising instrument as a formal court of appellations. Titleholders usually rubber-stamp most decisions after a brief formal examination. Responsibility for material correctness remains at the high dubšars. Imperial dubšars also do issue regular statements regarding changes in law be they of formal or material nature.

The imperial legal service experienced a breakdown during the Pentarchy and the Deluge in most regions apart from Hadašham proper. Due to the extensive influence it made, other court systems also follow its premises that provides a more or less similar legal tradition across the Subcontinent with regional differences playing a significant role.