bed of justice
nounEtymology
Calque of French lit de justice, referring to the throne occupied by the king when sitting in one of his judicial courts.
Definitions
A special parliamentary session headed by the king in pre-Revolutionary France, where…
A special parliamentary session headed by the king in pre-Revolutionary France, where royal edicts could be forcibly registered.
- when [...] he himself announced that the king would hold a Bed of Justice to compel the instant registration of the necessary edicts, the Parliament became more exasperated than ever.
- D'Argenson was prepared with advice. ‘A bed of justice will suffice, Highness.’
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