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[[File:Pannonhalma - Bencés apátság.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Pannonhalma Archabbey]] was named a place of authenrication by king [[Béla III of Hungary|Béla III]]]]
[[File:Pečať palatína Omodeja.jpg|thumb|150px|Seal of [[Amadeus Aba]]]]
A '''place of authentication''' ({{lang-hu|hiteleshely}}; {{lang-la|locus credibilis}}) was a characteristic institution of medieval Hungarian law.{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=122}} Places of authentication were [[cathedral chapter|cathedral chapters]] and [[monastery|monasteries]] authorized to provide [[notary|notarial]] services, including the issuing of [[certified copy|authentic copies]] of documents.{{sfn|Rady|2000|p=70}}{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=123}}

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* {{cite book |last=Borsa |first=Iván |editor1-last=Piti |editor1-first=Ferenc |editor2-last=Szabados |editor2-first=György | title="Magyaroknak eleiről". Ünnepi tanulmányok a hatvan esztendős Makk Ferenc tiszteletére |publisher=Szegedi Középkorász Műhely |year=2000 |pages=99–106 |chapter=A hiteleshelyekről [''On the Places of Authentication''] |isbn=963-482-500-1|language=hu}}
* {{cite book |last=Eckhart |first=Ferenc |translator1-last=Csókay |translator1-first=Balázs |translator2-last=Dreska |translator2-first=Gábor |year=2012|title=Hiteleshelyek a középkori Magyarországon = Die glaubwürdige Orte Ungarns im Mittelalter ''[Places of Authentication in Medieval Hungary]'' |publisher= Magyar Országos Közjegyzői Kamara |isbn=9789638814791}}
* {{cite book |last=Engel |first=Pál |author-link=Pál Engel |year=2001|title=The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895–1526 |publisher= I.B. Tauris Publishers |isbn=978-1-86064-061-2}}
* {{cite journal |last=Kőfalvi |first=Tamás |year=2002 |title=Places of authentication: loca credibilia |journal=Chronica |volume=2 |issue= |pages=27–38 |issn=1588-2039 |language= }}
* {{cite book |last=Rady |first=Martyn |authorlink=Martyn Rady |year=2000 |title= Nobility, Land and Service in Medieval Hungary |publisher= Palgrave |isbn=0-333-80085-0 }}
* {{cite book |last=Solymosi |first=László |editor1-last=Kristó |editor1-first=Gyula |editor2-last=Engel |editor2-first=Pál |editor3-last=Makk |editor3-first=Ferenc | title=Korai magyar történeti lexikon (9–14. század) ''[Encyclopedia of the Early Hungarian History (9th–14th centuries)]'' |publisher=Akadémiai Kiadó |year=1994 |pages=263–264 |chapter=Hiteleshely [''Place of Authentication''] |isbn=963-05-6722-9 |language=hu}}
* {{cite book |last=Solymosi |first=László |editor1-last=Mikó |editor1-first=Gábor |editor2-last=Péterfi |editor2-first=Bence |editor3-last=Vadas |editor3-first=András |title=Tiszteletkör: Történeti tanulmányok Draskóczy István egyetemi tanár 60. születésnapjára |publisher=[[Eötvös Loránd University]] |year=2012 |pages=545–560 |chapter=A hiteleshelyek számának alakulása a 14–15. században [''The Change in the Number of Places of Authentication in the 14th and 15th Centuries'']|isbn=978-963-312-095-8|language=hu}}
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[[Category:Legal history of Hungary]]
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[[Category:Catholic Church in Hungary]]
KOSZTA, LÁSZLÓ: Conclusions Drawn from the Prosopographic Analysis of the Canons Belonging to the Cathedral Chapters of Medieval Hungary (1200—1350), in: Universidade, Catâolica Portuguesa Carreiras Eclesiásticas no Ocidente Cristão (séc. XII–XIV) – Ecclesiastical Careers in Western Christianity (12th–14th c.), Lisboa 2007. S. 15–28.

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