Fueros of Navarre

They were a sort of constitution which regulated the social order and defined the position of the king, the nobility, and the judicial procedures, which meant that the royal decisions needed to conform to the provisions set out by the charters.

The next codifications are attested by modifications or amendments (amejoramientos) made by the regent of Navarre, Juan Martínez de Medrano, and his son, Álvaro Díaz de Medrano, commissioned in 1330 by King Philip III of Navarre to make the Fueros.

In 1528, the Cortes of Navarre sitting at Pamplona authorised a simplified law code known as the Fuero Reducido.

The Cortes (the Parliament) was the main legislative body, composed of three estates of clergy, nobles and burgesses.

[3] An Occitan translation of the Navarrese fueros was made under the title Los Fors et Costumas deu Royaume de Navarre deça-ports.