As some szlachta were poorer than some non-noble gentry, some particularly impoverished szlachta were forced to become tenants of the wealthier gentry. In doing so, however, these szlachta retained all their constitutional prerogatives, as it was not wealth or lifestyle (obtainable by the gentry), but hereditary juridical status, that determined nobility.
কোন বিষয়টা শেষ পর্যন্ত আভিজাত্যকে নির্ধারণ করেছিল?
hereditary juridical status