Ordonnance de Moulins

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Ordonnance de Moulins was a major 1566 French royal ordinance under Charles IX that reformed judicial and administrative practices and strengthened royal authority over the kingdom.

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instanceOf French royal ordinance
legal text
aimedAt limiting local and seigneurial autonomy
standardizing judicial practice across the kingdom
appliesTo Kingdom of France
authority royal council of France
chronology French Wars of Religion era
country France
date 1566
field administrative law
judicial administration
public law
follows earlier judicial reforms of the French monarchy
government French monarchy
hasPart provisions on court organization
provisions on legal procedure
provisions on royal jurisdiction
historicalRegion Bourbonnais
influencedBy policy of royal centralization in 16th‑century France
language French
legalStatus royal ordinance with kingdom‑wide scope
legalSystem Ancien Régime law
namedAfter Moulins
period 16th century
placeOfIssue Moulins
politicalSignificance centralization of royal power
purpose reform of administrative practices
reform of judicial practices
strengthening royal authority
regulates administrative procedures
judicial procedures
reignOf Charles IX of France
scope administrative organization of the kingdom of France
judicial organization of the kingdom of France
signedBy Charles IX of France
typeOfNorm ordinance of reform

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Ordonnance civile de 1667 follows Ordonnance de Moulins