Corps législatif

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legislative assembly lower house

The Corps législatif was the lower legislative assembly of Napoléon Bonaparte’s First French Empire, formally tasked with voting on laws proposed by the executive while operating under tightly controlled imperial authority.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Corps législatif canonical 21
Corps législatif (First French Empire) 2
Corpo Legislativo 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative assembly ⓘ
lower house ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction France ⓘ
controlledBy Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
surface form: Napoléon Bonaparte

imperial executive ⓘ
couldNot freely debate in public ⓘ
initiate legislation ⓘ
country First French Empire ⓘ
France ⓘ
createdBy Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
surface form: Napoléon Bonaparte
dissolved 1814 ⓘ
1815 ⓘ
followedBy Chambre des Députés ⓘ
surface form: Chambre des députés

Chamber of Representatives ⓘ
surface form: Chambre des représentants
governmentForm authoritarian constitutional monarchy ⓘ
hadLimitedPowers true ⓘ
hasRole legislative deliberation ⓘ
voting on laws ⓘ
historicalEra Napoleonic era ⓘ
houseType lower house ⓘ
inception 1799 ⓘ
25 December 1799 ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of the Year VIII ⓘ
Constitution of the Year X ⓘ
Constitution of the Year XII ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor First French Empire ⓘ
location Paris ⓘ
mainFunction voting on bills drafted by the Conseil d’État ⓘ
meetingsWere non-public ⓘ
membersSelectedBy census suffrage ⓘ
namedAfter French term for legislative body ⓘ
numberOfChambers one ⓘ
officialLanguage French ⓘ
operatedUnder imperial authority ⓘ
partOf French legislative system under the Consulate ⓘ
French legislative system under the First Empire ⓘ
institutions of the First French Empire ⓘ
precededBy Conseil des Cinq-Cents ⓘ
replaced more democratic revolutionary assemblies ⓘ
subordinateTo Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
surface form: Napoléon Bonaparte

executive power of the First French Empire ⓘ
symbolized authoritarian legislative model ⓘ
votingSystem indirect election ⓘ
workedWith Conseil d’État ⓘ
Sénat conservateur ⓘ
Tribunate ⓘ
surface form: Tribunat

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First French Empire → legislature → Corps législatif ⓘ
Council of Ancients → followedBy → Corps législatif ⓘ
Second Empire of France → legislature → Corps législatif ⓘ
subject surface form: Second French Empire
Second Empire of France → lowerHouse → Corps législatif ⓘ
subject surface form: Second French Empire
Félix-Julien-Jean Bigot de Préameneu → memberOf → Corps législatif ⓘ
this entity surface form: Corps législatif (First French Empire)
Constitution of the Year VIII → legislativeBodiesCreated → Corps législatif ⓘ
Tribunate → collaboratedWith → Corps législatif ⓘ
French Empire → legislature → Corps législatif ⓘ
President of the Corps législatif → partOf → Corps législatif ⓘ
President of the Corps législatif → legislativeBody → Corps législatif ⓘ
President of the Corps législatif → appointedBy → Corps législatif ⓘ
Napoleon I on his Imperial Throne → commissionedBy → Corps législatif ⓘ
this entity surface form: Corps législatif of the French Empire
First Consul of France → legislativeBody → Corps législatif ⓘ
Consuls of France → oversawInstitution → Corps législatif ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legislative Body (Corps législatif)
Consulate → legislativeBody → Corps législatif ⓘ
Legislative assemblies of the French Directory → followedBy → Corps législatif ⓘ
Conseil des Anciens → replacedBy → Corps législatif ⓘ
Chamber of Deputies → replaced → Corps législatif ⓘ
subject surface form: Chamber of Deputies (France)
Senatus-consulte of 18 May 1804 → governingBodyImpacted → Corps législatif ⓘ
Constitution of 1852 → createdBody → Corps législatif ⓘ
Bigot de Préameneu → memberOf → Corps législatif ⓘ
Napoleonic institutions → hasPart → Corps législatif ⓘ
Italian Republic (Napoleonic) → legislature → Corps législatif ⓘ
this entity surface form: Corpo Legislativo
Senate of the Second Empire → hasLowerHouse → Corps législatif ⓘ
Senate → hasAuthorityOver → Corps législatif ⓘ
subject surface form: Senate (Napoleonic France)
Chamber of Representatives → precededBy → Corps législatif ⓘ
subject surface form: Chamber of Representatives (France, 1815)
this entity surface form: Corps législatif (First French Empire)