Code Louis (legal ordinances associated with his reign)

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Code Louis was a comprehensive 17th-century codification of French civil and criminal law issued under Louis XIV that aimed to standardize and centralize legal practice across his kingdom.

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instanceOf French legal code
early modern codification
legal code
aimedTo centralize royal justice
limit the autonomy of local customary law
reduce regional legal diversity
standardize legal practice in France
appliesFrom late 17th century
appliesToTerritory French provinces
French royal domain
Metropolitan France
surface form: metropolitan France
appliesUntil French Revolution
country Kingdom of France
describedAs comprehensive codification of French civil and criminal law
draftedUnderAuthorityOf Louis XIV of France
surface form: Louis XIV
fieldOfWork civil law
civil procedure
court procedure
criminal law
judicial organization
hasAlternativeName Ordonnance civile de 1667
Ordonnance civile touchant la réformation de la justice
surface form: Ordonnance civile de Saint‑Germain‑en‑Laye

Ordonnance civile touchant la réformation de la justice
hasName Code Louis
hasPart Ordonnance civile de 1667
Ordonnance sur la procédure criminelle
surface form: Ordonnance criminelle de 1670

Ordonnance sur la procédure civile
Ordonnance sur la procédure criminelle
historicalContext centralization of the French monarchy under Louis XIV
inception 1667
influenced Napoleonic Code
later French procedural law
issuedBy Louis XIV of France
surface form: Louis XIV
language French
legalSystem Ancien Régime law
locationOfPromulgation Saint-Germain-en-Laye
surface form: Saint‑Germain‑en‑Laye
namedAfter Louis XIV of France
surface form: Louis XIV
partOf legal reforms of Louis XIV
promulgatedBy Louis XIV of France
surface form: Louis XIV
publicationDate 1667
1670
regulates appeals procedures
civil procedure in royal courts
criminal procedure in royal courts
evidence rules
judicial records and registers
jurisdiction of courts
replacedBy Napoleonic Code
subjectHasRole instrument of royal absolutism
timePeriod 17th century

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Louis XIV of France notableWork Code Louis (legal ordinances associated with his reign)