Whilst they lost sovereignty and certain rights (such as legislation, taxation, appellate jurisdiction, and control over policing and conscription) in their territories, they often still retained their private estates and some feudal rights, which may have included exclusive or primary access to local forestry, fishing, mining or hunting resources, jurisdiction over policing and lower level civil and criminal court cases.
Iako su izgubile suverenitet i određena prava (zakonodavstva, oporezivanja, krajnje jurisdikcije, i kontrole nad policijom i novačenjem) u svojim područjima, često su i dalje zadržavale svoje privatne posjede i feudalna prava, koja su mogla uključiti prava nad šumama, ribarenjem, rudarenjem, lovom, nad policijom i nižu jurisdikciju nad građanskim i kaznenim sudskim slučajevima.