Motieven in het archief van de (Soevereine) Raad van Brabant

In the archives of the (Sovereign) Council of Brabant, 26 packets designated as Motifs have been handed down. The Motifs occur in French and Flemish, although Latin was prescribed. From the year 1744 onwards, they can be referred to as a series. They appear incomplete, because Motifs can also be found in the litigation files, sometimes from only one party. In these secret Motifs, parties state the legal framework of their arguments for the justices. Goswin Arnold Wynants (1661-1732) observes that in these Motifs, the legal framework and the legal literature have not always been properly and accurately incorporated and applied. The random sample (small but in size very extensive) shows that his observation holds true.