Parlement of Bordeaux

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The Parlement of Bordeaux was a powerful provincial appellate court of the Ancien Régime in southwestern France, influential in regional governance and resistance to royal policies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf judicial institution of the Ancien Régime
parlement
provincial appellate court
buildingLocatedIn Palais de la Bourse (Bordeaux) NERFINISHED
Palais de l’Ombrière NERFINISHED
composedOf councillors
magistrates
presidents
country Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
dissolvedBy National Constituent Assembly of France NERFINISHED
dissolvedIn French Revolution NERFINISHED
exercisedPowerOver policing of markets and trade
regulation of guilds
religious affairs within its jurisdiction
taxation disputes
function appellate jurisdiction over civil cases
appellate jurisdiction over criminal cases
issuing remonstrances to the king
oversight of local courts
registration of royal edicts and ordinances
regulation of regional administration
hasJurisdictionOver Agenais NERFINISHED
Aunis NERFINISHED
Béarn NERFINISHED
Gascony NERFINISHED
Guyenne NERFINISHED
Labourd NERFINISHED
Limousin NERFINISHED
Pays Basque français NERFINISHED
Périgord NERFINISHED
Saintonge NERFINISHED
languageOfRecord French
legalTradition Roman law
customary law of Guyenne
locatedIn Bordeaux NERFINISHED
Guyenne NERFINISHED
southwestern France
notableFor conflicts with royal intendants
remonstrances against fiscal reforms
role in pre-Revolutionary political tensions
partOf French judicial system of the Ancien Régime
provincial institutions of the Ancien Régime
politicalRole center of resistance to certain royal policies
defender of provincial privileges
instrument of regional governance
participant in conflicts between monarchy and parlements
socialBase noblesse de robe
timePeriod Ancien Régime NERFINISHED

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special courts (chambres de l’édit) locatedIn Parlement of Bordeaux
subject surface form: chambres de l’édit