Corps législatif of France

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historical institution legislative assembly

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	Conseil d’État → Sénat conservateur → 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 (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 →
replacedBy	Chamber of Deputies of France →
selectionMethod	indirect election →
subordinateTo	Emperor of the French → First Consul of France →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Concordat of 1801 →	approvedBy
French Consulate ("Corps législatif") →	legislativeBody
Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) ("Corps législatif of the Kingdom of Italy") →	legislature
Alexandre Colonna-Walewski ("Corps législatif of the Second French Empire") →	memberOf
Corps législatif of France ("Corps législatif (term used in French revolutionary constitutions)") →	namedAfter