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The Catalan Courts or General Court of Catalonia -LRB- Corts Catalanes or Cort General de Catalunya ; -RRB- was the policymaking and parliamentary body of the Principality of Catalonia from the thirteenth to the eighteenth century .. Catalonia. Catalonia. Principality of Catalonia. Principality of Catalonia. The courts were made up of three arms or estates  : the military estate which included representatives from the nobility , the ecclesiastical estate which saw representatives from the religious hierarchy and the royal estate which had representatives from the municipalities .. The courts were summoned by the king who opened with a royal proclamation while the arms were in charge of legislating , always with the support of the sovereign .. If the laws that were approved came from the king they received the name of `` Constitutions '' , if they came from the Estates , `` Court Chapters '' .. Constitutions. Catalan constitutions. If the king passed a law unilaterally it was called `` Acts of Courts '' and required ratification by the courts .. It is comparable to similar institutions across Europe , such as the Parliament of England and the Diets -LRB- German  : Landtage -RRB- of the German `` lands '' .. Europe. Europe. Parliament of England. Parliament of England. Diets. Diets. German. Germany. lands. List of historic states of Germany. The General Courts of the Crown of Aragon were held jointly and simultaneously with the Courts of Aragon , Valencian Courts and the Courts of Catalonia .. Catalonia. Catalonia. Crown of Aragon. Crown of Aragon. Courts of Aragon. Cortes of Aragon. Aragon. Kingdom of Aragon. The Kingdom of Majorca did not convene Courts and thus sent their representatives to the Courts of the Principality .. Kingdom of Majorca. Kingdom of Majorca. As the courts could not be held outside of Aragon nor the Principality , they were frequently held in Monzon or in Fraga , Aragonese towns which lay equidistant between Zaragoza and Barcelona .. Aragon. Kingdom of Aragon. Monzon. Monzon. Fraga. Fraga ( Huesca ). Zaragoza. Zaragoza. Barcelona. Barcelona. Unlike the Courts of Castile of the time which functioned only as an advisory body to which the king granted privileges and exemptions , the Catalan Courts was a regulatory body , as their decisions had the force of law , in the sense that the king could not unilaterally revoke them .. Courts of Castile. Courts of Castile