The dispute over water privilege concerning the parish streams between the parish priests in Pacov (under the auspices of local Carmelite monastery in the same place) and aristocratic owners of the neighbouring manor Kámen lasted for a long time, between 1720 and 1757. It is one of the model examples of the changes in attitude regarding the treatment of legal and administrative cases and the law in general at the turn of the eras of Charles VI. and Maria Theresa. The dispute is well documented and, thanks to various types of sources, provides a large amount of interesting material and background for further research. P. Václav Josef Skokánek, the parish priest of Pacov, is a person of special interest to us as he was significantly involved in the dispute. He could even be called an archetypal figure of the priest living and working at the turn of Baroque and Enlightenment periods.
Episcopal consistorial office in České Budějovice was created in 1784 and 1785. Since its origin it has been one of the most modern offices not only on the teritorry of Czech lands but also in the whole Habrburg monarchy. It produced all known kinds and types of documents including verified copies of documents, called traditionally by the Church customs as the "autentisatio" and "legalisatio". This paper focuses especially on the relationship between them, comparison with common vidimates and confirmation papers, official practice of production of these verifications and confirmations, legal consequentions, formal differences, practical using, as well as their development to 1850.