Meaning of lit de justice | Babel Free

Definitions

A special parliamentary session headed by the king in pre-Revolutionary France, where royal edicts could be forcibly registered.

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Examples

“They would then be officially registered by edicts of the King in that special process, the lit de justice (which could also be used to enforce edicts that the Parlement resisted).”

“The Parlement's remonstrances were not effective, and the Six Acts were enforced by a lit de justice in March 1776.”

“This, however, is only a hypothesis which leaves out of account the special circumstances that led to the lit de justice of 24 July.”

“A decision of a lit de justice could only be stamped by the Parliament.”

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