prudhommes

Let us be neither prudes nor prudent men nor prudhommes.

Les Miserables 2008

He will be delighted that you prevailed contre the prudhommes; as he loves and is confounded by France as am I.

result 2007

Good luck for the prudhommes, you definetely have your chances.

things fall apart 2006

Your employers are terribly english -to think they can win a “faute grave” aux prudhommes with compensation on such flimsy grounds.

things fall apart 2006

I also waited until I had found and consulted a good employment lawyer, checked that posting about it would not cause me any further problems, and filed the case with the prudhommes.

two months’ notice 2006

Can vote for members of the conseils des prudhommes, and also eligible.

A Short History of Women's Rights From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions. Eugene A. Hecker

In France conciliation has been practised since 1806 by the conseils de prudhommes, or committees of experts.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

Let us be neither prudes nor prudent men nor prudhommes.

Les Miserables, Volume I, Fantine 1862

"If he will be, -- and better far will he be, by God's grace, from what I hear of him, than ever I have been, -- he must learn that which I learnt from thee, -- to understand these Englishmen, and know what stout and trusty prudhommes they are all, down to the meanest serf, when once one can humor their sturdy independent tempers."

Hereward, the Last of the English Charles Kingsley 1847

Let us be neither prudes nor prudent men nor prudhommes.

Les Misérables Victor Hugo 1843