English Explanatory Dictionary

lit de justice

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A special parliamentary session headed by the king in pre-Revolutionary France, where royal edicts could be forcibly registered.

Word forms

lit de justice lits de justice

Etymology

From French lit de justice, referring to the throne occupied by the king when sitting in one of his judicial courts. Compare earlier bed of justice.

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