GEORGES

ANTOINE

See also:

• CHABOT, FRANCOIS (1757-1794)
• GEORGES ANTOINE CHABOT
• CHABOT, PHILIPPE DE, SEIGNEUR DE BRION, COUNT OF CHARNY AND BUZANSAIS ((a 1492-1543)

CHABOT  , known as CHABOT DE L'ALLIER (1758-1819), French jurist and statesman, was president of the tribunal of Montlucon when he was elected as a deputy suppleant to the National Convention . A member of the council of the Ancients, then of the Tribunate, he was president of the latter when the peace of Amiens was signed . He had a resolution adopted, tending to give Napoleon Bonaparte the consulship for life; and in 1804 supported the proposal to establish a hereditary monarchy . Napoleon named him inspector-general of the law schools, then judge of the court of cassation . He published various legal works, e.g . Tableau de la legislation ancienne sur les successions et de la legislation nouvelle etablie par le code civil (Paris, 1804), and Questions Iransitoires sur le code Napoleon (Paris, 18og) .