Parlements

France by provincial bodies called Parlements partaking of the nature of high courts of justice, and in Germany by the local Diets (Landtag) of the larger states, exercised a very real and in some cases a decisive influence on public policy.

The Age of the Reformation Preserved Smith 1910

The would-be candidate in the election which we shall shortly face must present himself to a series of "Parlements".

This Democratic Empire 1940

"Parlements" (not to be confounded with our Parliament) had had, up to the time of the French Revolution, very large powers indeed.

The Days Before Yesterday Frederick Spencer Hamilton 1892

Originally the "Parlement de Paris" stood alone, but as time went on, in addition to this, thirteen or fourteen local "Parlements" administered France.

The Days Before Yesterday Frederick Spencer Hamilton 1892

Assembly of the Notables, Calonne dismissed, abortive reform of Parlements, “Day of the Tiles” in Grenoble, rural and urban unrest increases, riot in the Baubourg St.

Ontology of the French Revolution Daniel Little 2009

Assembly of the Notables, Calonne dismissed, abortive reform of Parlements, “Day of the Tiles” in Grenoble, rural and urban unrest increases, riot in the Baubourg St.

Archive 2009-07-01 Daniel Little 2009

These laws and orders are maintained by Parlements, notably that of Paris: by it they are renewed any time it acts against a prince of the kingdom or in its sentences condemns the king.

Niccolò Machiavelli Nederman, Cary 2009

The Breton Parlement objected but Louis XV issued statement of absolutism and, under direction of Maupéou, abolished the Parlements in Paris and the provinces and replaced them with lower, more easily controlled courts—an unpopular reform.

1758 2001

The Parlements were empowered by arrêts de règlement to make judi - cial pronouncements which were essentially legislative in character, and, because the Parlements tended to pursue reactionary policies, powers of judicial law - making were regarded with hostility after the Revolu - tion.

LEGAL PRECEDENT T. B. SMITH 1968

The highest courts (Parlements) played a considerable part in developing private law, but, though the judges themselves sought to achieve consistency through precedent in their own decisions, their motives were not readily accessible for practitioners.

LEGAL PRECEDENT T. B. SMITH 1968