| Chief Justice of the Kingdom of Hungary | |
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| Residence | Buda (1514–1536; 1784–1867) Pressburg (1536–1784) |
| Appointer | King of Hungary |
| Precursor | Secret Chancellor |
| Formation | 15th century (1464) |
| First holder | Janus Pannonius |
| Final holder | István Melczer |
| Abolished | 1867 |
| Succession | President of the Curia Regia |
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The chief justice[1][2][3] (Hungarian: királyi személynök,[4] Latin: personalis praesentiae regiae in judiciis locumtenens,[5] German: Königliche Personalis)[1] was the personal legal representative of the king of Hungary, who issued decrees of judicial character on behalf of the monarch authenticated with the royal seal, performed national notarial activities and played an important role in the organisation of lawyers training. Later the chief justice was the head of the Royal Court of Justice (Hungarian: Királyi Ítélőtábla, Latin: Tabula Regia Iudiciaria) and the Tribunal of the Chief Justice (Hungarian: személynöki szék, Latin: sedes personalitia), the highest legal forum of civil cases.