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 <answer>retained all their constitutional prerogatives</answer>, as it was not wealth or lifestyle (obtainable by the gentry), but hereditary juridical status, that determined nobility.
What was one noble thing the poor szlachta did?
retained all their constitutional prerogatives