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in the middle ages, a matter before a court was called a "thing"
by fsckboy 1y ago
in the middle ages, a matter before a court was called a "thing"
- ahartmetz 1y agoAnd a Germanic tribe's parliament-like assembly was called the Thing. In modern German, "Sache" is one of the words used for a matter before a court. Its meaning overlaps, but is not the same, as "Ding" ("thing").