The highest administrative body was the "cabinet"; in whose meetings the Duke participated. The treasury was responsible for finance, mining and forestry. There was no separation between the judiciary and the administration. Justice was meted out by officials with the rank of "Schultheiß". The highest court in the land was the Court of Appeals in Zweibrücken; its traditions are continued today by Zweibrücken's "Oberlandesgericht". After 1774, appeals from the court in Zweibrücken to the "Reichskammergericht" were no longer possible. In the Alsatian parts of the country, however, appeals to the "Conseil souverain d’Alsace" in Colmar were possible from about 1680. Important statutes were the Court Judicial Order of 1605, the Lower Court Order of 1657, and later the Criminal Procedure of 1724, and Marriage and Guardianship Regulations. In areas where no state law was available, imperial law applied.