Sudebnik of 1550

The Sudebnik of 1550 (Russian: Судебник 1550 года), also known as the Sudebnik of Ivan IV (Russian: Судебник Ивана IV), was an expansion and revision of the Sudebnik of 1497 by Ivan IV of Russia, a code of laws originally instituted by Ivan III, his grandfather.

It is considered the result of the first Russian parliament of feudal estates (Zemsky Sobor).

The Sudebnik also provided for the active participation of the elective representatives of local communities (rural heads, jurymen, tselovalniki, dvorskie etc.)

The representative of a community (dyak) participated in judicial office-work.

The Sudebnik confirmed the right of peasants to leave their feudal lords.