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Parlement

A parlement, under the French Ancien Régime, was a provincial appellate court of the Kingdom of France. In 1789, France had 13 parlements, the oldest and most important of which was the Parlement of Paris. While the English word parliament derives from this French term, parlements were not legislative bodies and the two terms are not interchangeable.

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Parliament of Aix-en-Provence

The Parliament of Aix-en-Provence was the provincial parlement of Provence from 1501 to 1790. It was headquartered in Aix-en-Provence, which served as the de facto capital of Provence.

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Parliament of Besançon

The Parliament of Besançon was one of the parlements of the French Ancien Régime, seated in Besançon, in the province of Franche-Comté. It was created in 1676. The previous parlement for much of the region had been at Dole, and had been created in 1422.

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Parliament of Brittany

The Parliament of Brittany was one of the parlements, a court of justice under the French Ancien Régime, with its seat at Rennes. The last building to house the Parliament still stands and now houses the Rennes Court of Appeal, the natural successor of the Parliament.

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Parlement

A parlement, under the French Ancien Régime, was a provincial appellate court of the Kingdom of France. In 1789, France had 13 parlements, the oldest and most important of which was the Parlement of Paris. While the English word parliament derives from this French term, parlements were not legislative bodies and the two terms are not interchangeable.

ParlementW
Parlement

A parlement, under the French Ancien Régime, was a provincial appellate court of the Kingdom of France. In 1789, France had 13 parlements, the oldest and most important of which was the Parlement of Paris. While the English word parliament derives from this French term, parlements were not legislative bodies and the two terms are not interchangeable.

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Parlement de Normandie

The Parliament of Normandy, also known as the Parliament of Rouen after the place where it sat, was a provincial parlement of the Kingdom of France. It replaced the ancient court of the exchequer of Normandy, set up by Rollo, first duke of Normandy.

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Parliament of Paris

The Parliament of Paris was the oldest parlement in the Kingdom of France, formed in the 13th century. It was fixed in Paris by Philip IV of France in 1302. The Parliament of Paris would hold sessions inside the medieval royal palace on the Île de la Cité, nowadays still the site of the Paris Hall of Justice.

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Parliament of Toulouse

The Parliament of Toulouse was one of the parlements of the Kingdom of France. It was modelled on the Parliament of Paris. It was first created in 1420, but definitely established by edicts in 1437 and 1443 by Charles VII as an appellate court of justice on civil, criminal and ecclesiastic affairs for the Languedoc region, including Quercy, the County of Foix and Armagnac. It was the first parlement in the south of France, and it gained in prestige both by its distance from Paris and from the differences between southern France's legal system and northern France's.