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The Origins of Contemporary France
Volume 1 (of 6)

CHAPTER III
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215.)] [Footnote 1350: Renauldon, ibid..

45, 52, 628 .-- Duvergier, "Collection des Lois," II.

391; law of August 31;--October 18, 1792 .-- Statements (cahier) of grievances of a magistrate of the Chatelet on seigniorial courts (1789), p.

29 .-- Legrand, "l'Intendance du Hainaut," p.119.] [Footnote 1351: Archives Nationales, H, 654 ("Memoire" by Rene de Hauteville, advocate to the Parliament, Saint-Brieuc, October 5, 1776.) In Brittany the number of seigniorial courts is immense, the pleaders being obliged to pass through four or five jurisdictions before reaching the Parliament.

"Where is justice rendered?
In the cabaret, in the tavern, where, amidst drunkards and riff-raff, the judge sells justice to whoever pays the most for it."] [Footnote 1352: Beugnot, "Memoires," vol.I.p.


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