Parlement of Toulouse

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The Parlement of Toulouse was a powerful sovereign court of justice in southern France under the Ancien Régime, second in importance only to the Parlement of Paris.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf judicial institution of the Ancien Régime
parlement
sovereign court of justice
associatedWith Toulouse legal and university traditions
authorityOver inferior courts in its jurisdiction
basedInBuilding Palais de Justice de Toulouse NERFINISHED
composition councillors
magistrates
officers of the court
country Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
dissolvedBy revolutionary authorities of France
dissolvedDuring French Revolution NERFINISHED
establishedInPeriod Ancien Régime NERFINISHED
existedUnder monarchy of France
function administration of justice in civil matters
administration of justice in criminal matters
court of appeal NERFINISHED
exercise of certain administrative powers
registration of royal edicts and ordinances
sovereign court of last resort
governedBy president
hadPower to issue arrêts (judicial rulings)
to remonstrate against royal edicts
historicalEra pre-revolutionary France
influenced development of regional law in southern France
jurisdiction Gascony NERFINISHED
Guyenne NERFINISHED
Languedoc NERFINISHED
parts of southern France
languageOfRecord French
legalStatus high court of justice
legalTradition Roman law influence
civil law
locatedIn Languedoc NERFINISHED
Toulouse NERFINISHED
southern France
memberOf network of French parlements
partOf French judicial system under the Ancien Régime
politicalRole center of provincial resistance to royal authority at times
instrument of royal justice in the south of France
rank second in importance after the Parlement of Paris
regionServed Occitania NERFINISHED
roleInGovernment judicial arm of royal power in the south
roleInSociety regulation of social order through law
status sovereign court
subordinateTo King of France NERFINISHED
typeOfOrganization judicial body

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Calas affair judicialAuthority Parlement of Toulouse
special courts (chambres de l’édit) locatedIn Parlement of Toulouse
subject surface form: chambres de l’édit