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)
Palais de l’Ombrière
composedOf councillors
magistrates
presidents
country Kingdom of France
dissolvedBy National Constituent Assembly of France
dissolvedIn French Revolution
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
Aunis
Béarn
Gascony
linked to: Gascogne

Guyenne
Labourd
Limousin
Pays Basque français
linked to: Basque Country

Périgord
Saintonge
languageOfRecord French
legalTradition Roman law
customary law of Guyenne
locatedIn Bordeaux
Guyenne
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

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chambres de l’édit locatedIn Parlement of Bordeaux
Montesquieu family associatedWith Parlement of Bordeaux
Palais de l’Ombrière occupant magistrates of the Parlement of Bordeaux
linked to: Parlement of Bordeaux