Parlement
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Under the French Ancien Régime, a parlement was a provincial appellate court of the Kingdom of France. In 1789, France had 13 parlements, the original and most important of which was the Parlement of
Lit de justice held by Charles VII of France at Vendôme
Engraving by Nicolas Bertrand from 1515 showing a session of the Parlement of Toulouse presided over by King Francis I of France.
The palace of the Parlement of Brittany in Rennes
Louis XV leaving the Parlement of Paris on 12 September 1715
Parlement of Paris
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The Parlement of Paris was the oldest parlement in the Kingdom of France, formed in the 14th century. Parlements were judicial, rather than legislative, bodies and were composed of magistrates. Though
Parlement
…was a provincial appellate court of the Kingdom of France. In 1789, France had 13 parlements, the original and most important of which was the Parlement of Paris. Though both the modern French term parlement (for the legislature) and the English word "parliament" derive from this French term, the Ancien Régime…
Lit de justice held by Louis XV at the Parlement of Paris in 1715
Remontrances du Parlement de Paris au Roy 1731