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Meanings of parlements in English
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Usage of parlements in English
1
The provincial parlements, moreover, back up the Paris Parlement with its demand for a States-General.
2
Still, however, will none of the provincial parlements register.
3
The extension of the royal household, the sub-division of the royal councils, the creation of the parlements, [Footnote: Lavisse, Histoire de France, V., pt.
4
This sounded to the government like revolution, and the Parlements were again abolished.
5
Meanwhile Calonne was struggling to keep his head above water, and in the process had come into conflict with the Parlements, or corporations of judges.
6
Originally the "Parlement de Paris" stood alone, but as time went on, in addition to this, thirteen or fourteen local "Parlements" administered France.
7
The so-called "Parlements" (not to be confounded with our Parliament) had had, up to the time of the French Revolution, very large powers indeed.