Court was held daily in the morning, but not all officials were eligible to be present.

Those who had matters to report were expected to be present; those who didn't, to excuse themselves. Not all officials had the privilege to attend, but most did.

The standard court sessions were intended to deal with urgent business; larger court sessions, which all officials were expected to attend, were held only monthly or even once every few months.

Such court sessions were meant to report on events that affected the kingdom on a large scale, and which none of the individual officials had the authority to adjudicate.

These larger court sessions were held whenever such an event occurred, and the number of people in attendance was a metric for how important the event was.

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