Corps législatif of France

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The Corps législatif of France was a legislative assembly of the Napoleonic era that formally enacted laws proposed by the executive, operating with limited debate and authority under the Constitution of the Year VIII.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical institution
legislative assembly
appliesToJurisdiction France
coexistsWith Council of State of France
surface form: Conseil d’État

Sénat conservateur
Tribunate
surface form: Tribunat
composition elected deputies
country France
createdBy Constitution of the Year VIII
dissolved 1814
1815
followedBy parliamentary institutions of the Bourbon Restoration
hasCharacteristic limited debate
restricted powers
subordinate to executive
hasNoPower amendment of bills
legislative initiative
hasRole enacting laws
voting on legislation
historicalEra Napoleonic era
inception 1799
24 December 1799
languageUsed French
legalBasis Constitution of the Year VIII
Constitution of the Year X
Constitution of the Year XII
legislativeBodyFor First French Empire
French Consulate
locatedIn Palais Bourbon
mainFunction voting on laws proposed by the executive
meetsIn Paris
namedAfter Corps législatif of France self-linksurface differs
surface form: Corps législatif (term used in French revolutionary constitutions)
numberOfChambers unicameral
partOf First French Empire
French Consulate
powerHeldBy executive for legislative initiative
precededBy Legislative assemblies of the French Directory
replaced Council of Five Hundred (faction)
surface form: Council of Five Hundred
replacedBy Assemblée nationale
surface form: Chamber of Deputies of France
selectionMethod indirect election
subordinateTo Emperor of the French
First Consul of France

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Concordat of 1801 approvedBy Corps législatif of France
French Consulate legislativeBody Corps législatif of France
this entity surface form: Corps législatif
Alexandre Colonna-Walewski memberOf Corps législatif of France
this entity surface form: Corps législatif of the Second French Empire
Corps législatif of France namedAfter Corps législatif of France self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Corps législatif (term used in French revolutionary constitutions)
Kingdom of Italy legislature Corps législatif of France
subject surface form: Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)
this entity surface form: Corps législatif of the Kingdom of Italy
National Assembly replacedBy Corps législatif of France
subject surface form: National Assembly (French Second Republic)
this entity surface form: Corps législatif (Second French Empire)
Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic precededBy Corps législatif of France
this entity surface form: Corps législatif of the Second French Empire
Sénat relatedTo Corps législatif of France
subject surface form: Sénat (Second French Empire)
this entity surface form: Corps législatif (Second French Empire)