Judicial Election
Heir Selection

Judicial Election

judicial_election

It is a type of Succession Law of a Monarchy, in which the new ruler is elected from the supreme court. The process is a bureaucratic chaos and can take several months or even years to be resolved.

Potential
Can't be changed while
Exact conditions

Succession

Candidates

Candidate score

How the game scores each candidate: the lines that apply add up.

  • A new Judicator is elected through a process after the previous one is dead−1

Requires 1

  • JudicateCan't be changed while, Potential

References 2

Mentions 1

Required by 2

Regencies

Referenced by 1

Scripting 1

Mentions 1

use_election = no
term_duration = 0
max_possible_candidates = 0
potential = {
}
locked = {
}
allowed_estates = { clergy_estate nobles_estate }
calc = {
add = {
desc = "HEIR_SELECTION_JUDICIAL_ELECTION_HAS_NO_HEIR" • A new Judicator is elected through a process after the previous one is dead
value = -1
}
}

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