The king even afforded to grant privileges which contradicted customary law.Engel 2001, p. 141. For instance, he occasionally authorized daughters of noblemen to inherit their fathers' estates, although local customs required that a deceased nobleman's inherited lands were to be transferred to his agnates in lack of a son.Rady 2000, pp. 107-109. Nevertheless, Roman law never replaced customary which gave rise to the appearance of lay officials who possessed "a good command of Latin and a fair knowledge of common law" (Pál Engel).Engel 2001, pp. 192-193.
