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'''A Ting '''is a place where leading citizens would meet in the olden days to discuss and settle disputes.&nbsp; This place would represent a large area such as a ''county'' ''(Len ''or ''Amt,'' today&nbsp;''Fylke''), ''district'' (herred) or even a larger area.&nbsp; Here free men and representatives of the court would meet to settle disagreements, bring forth complaints or hear the law.&nbsp; This was in Norwegian called&nbsp;''Lagting.''&nbsp; Early on twelve well respected men from the community were appointed as&nbsp; members of the court, and they were along with the bailiff responsible for all court cases.&nbsp;&nbsp;A''Ting'' was also a term used for set days when a court was in session at given places in the country.&nbsp; In the cities it was called ''Byting ''and in the rural areas it was called ''Herredsting.''&nbsp; There were several other set times for the court to meet, such as the ''Høstting ''(fall court), ''Vårting ''(spring court), even ''Månedsting ''(month court), and ''Ekstrating ''(extra court).&nbsp; The last one pertained to registration of documents.&nbsp; The old way of conducting ''Ting'' was changed in 1927 when a new system was put in place.&nbsp; From the year 1927 both the civil and criminal dealings were handled by the ''Herredsrett ''in the rural area and ''Byrett ''in the citites.&nbsp; The date and time for these proceedings are now scheduled by a judge in each inividual case.  

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