"[39] Probably it
suggested, directly or indirectly, the granting of similar privileges to
universities in other countries. It certainly affected those
universities which were founded "with all the privileges of any other
university." Two further illustrations follow.
2. In 1245 Pope Innocent IV exempted students at Paris from citation to
ecclesiastical courts outside of Paris, in order that their studies
might not be interrupted:
To the masters and scholars at Paris. In order that you may carry
on your studies more freely and be less occupied with other
business, we grant your petitions, and by the authority of this
present letter bestow upon you the privilege of not being haled
by apostolic letters beyond the limits of the city of Paris upon
questions that have arisen within its limits, unless [these
letters] make express mention of this privilege.[40]
3. The same privilege was granted as regards civil courts by Philip IV
in 1340/41:
... The Masters and Scholars studying at Paris, if summoned by
any secular judges of our realm, shall not be haled and cited to
their courts outside of Paris; nor shall laymen who are subject
to our rule attempt to bring this about.[41]
This right was known at Paris as the _jus non trahi extra_ (right of not
being haled outside). "It became henceforth _the_ characteristic
university privilege, not only of Paris but of all universities which
were in any degree influenced by Parisian usage.
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