## **Codex of Lawful Governance of the Sovereign Territory of Rivermarch** _As duly recorded by Linzi Fairwind, Keeper of Ledgers and Recorder of Council Statute_ --- ### **TITLE I - GENERAL PROVISIONS** - [[§1.1 - Definitions and Interpretive Clauses]] - [[§1.2 - Territorial Jurisdiction and Sovereignty Claimed]] - [[§1.3 - Legislative Supremacy and Enforceability Clause]] - [[§1.4 - Severability and Non-Derogation]] --- ### **TITLE II - STRUCTURE OF GOVERNANCE** - [[§2.1 - Establishment of the Council of Rivermarch]] - [[§2.2 - Appointment, Removal, and Succession of the Lord Regent]] - [[§2.3 - Delegated Authorities and Emergency Powers]] - [[§2.4 - Formation and Incorporation of Chartered Settlements]] - [[§2.5 – Roles and Oversight of Offices of Governance]] --- ### **TITLE III - RIGHTS, DUTIES, AND CIVIC STATUS** - [[§3.1 - Legal Personhood and Equal Recognition Under Law]] - [[§3.2 - Civil Liberties and Prohibitions on Unlawful Detention]] - [[§3.3 - Right to Petition, Assembly, and Belief]] - [[§3.4 - Duties of Citizenship and Enforcement of Allegiance]] --- ### **TITLE IV - PENAL CODE AND JUDICIAL FUNCTIONS** - [[§4.1 - Classification of Criminal and Civil Offenses]] - [[§4.2 - Procedures for Investigation and Formal Indictment]] - [[§4.3 - Composition and Jurisdiction of the Judicial Bench]] - [[§4.4 - Modes of Trial (Verbal, Martial, Arcane)]] - [[§4.5 - Sentencing Authority and Punitive Measures]] --- ### **TITLE V - COMMERCE, CURRENCY, AND CONTRACT** - [[§5.1 - Charter of Trade and Regulation of Goods]] - [[§5.2 - Taxation, Levy, and Public Contribution]] - [[§5.3 - Merchant Guilds and Grant of Commercial License]] - [[§5.4 - Enforceability of Contracts and Civil Debt Claims]] --- ### **TITLE VI - PROPERTY AND RESOURCE TENURE** - [[§6.1 - Recognition and Registration of Landed Title]] - [[§6.2 - Eminent Domain and Public Appropriation]] - [[§6.3 - Labor Agreements and Resource Extraction Rights]] - [[§6.4 - Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Provisions]] --- ### **TITLE VII - MILITARY, DEFENSE, AND PUBLIC ORDER** - [[§7.1 - Commission of the Warden and Volunteer Guard]] - [[§7.2 - Militia Mobilization and Defense of Realm Provisions]] - [[§7.3 - Code of Conduct for Armed Personnel]] - [[§7.4 - Martial Law Procedures and Suspension of Civil Code]] --- ### **TITLE VIII - MAGICAL AFFAIRS AND ARCANE REGULATIONS** - [[§8.1 - Registration of Spellcasters and Magical Practitioners]] - [[§8.2 - Prohibited Rites and Sanctioned Practices]] - [[§8.3 - Arcano-Technological Research Oversight]] - [[§8.4 - Leyline Protection and the Arcane Sovereignty Act (Provisional)]] --- ### **TITLE IX - FAITH, DOGMA, AND DIVINE SERVICES** - [[§9.1 - Ecclesiastical Recognition and Temple Charters]] - [[§9.2 - Prohibition on Religious Compulsion and Proselytization]] - [[§9.3 - Sacred Grounds and Interfaith Covenants]] - [[§9.4 - Inquisition and Banishment of Cultic Entities]] --- ### **TITLE X - EXTRAORDINARY ENTITIES AND PLANAR INTERACTIONS** - [[§10.1 - Designation of Magical, Monstrous, and Extraplanar Threats]] - [[§10.2 - Permits for Binding, Bargaining, or Hosting Non-Mortal Beings]] - [[§10.3 - Handling of Anomalies and Planar Breach Protocols]] - [[§10.4 - Protocols for Diplomatic Engagement with Fey Courts]] --- ### **TITLE XI - STATUTORY AMENDMENTS AND TEMPORARY EDICTS** - [[§11.1 - Mechanisms for Legislative Amendment]] - [[§11.2 - Enactment of Emergency Edicts and Sunset Clauses]] - [[§11.3 - Authority of Local Governors and Subordinate Magistracies]] - [[§11.4 - Ratification, Nullification, and Annulment Procedures]]