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[JRich at Sibson.com]

In fact the Ran seems to allow the king to make laws that override halacha.Most later poskim do not accept this Ran exactly on the grounds that it makesCM unnecessary

-- Eli Turkel_______________________________________________yet the dvar avraham claims that hefker bet din flows from the power of the melech.  One possible suggestion might be that there are 2 separate rules, the standard 7 tuvei (less powerful and dependent on local custom) and the malchut (broader and according to R Kook they go back to the am if there is no melech)

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