FRANCOIS DENIS TRONCHET (1726-1806)
, French jurist, was born in Paris on the 23rd of March 1726
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He was an avocat at the parlement of Paris, and gained a great reputation in a consultative capacity
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In 1789 he was elected deputy to the states- general
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In the Constituent Assembly he made him-self especially conspicuous by his efforts to obtain the rejection of the jurisdiction of the jury in civil cases
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In the See also: - KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
's trial, he was chosen by See also: - LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
as counsel for the defence, and per-formed this difficult and dangerous task with high ability and courage
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During the Directory he was deputy at the Council
that judges be nominated by the executive directory
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Under the Consulate he was president of the tribunal of cassation, and collaborated in preparing the final See also: - SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)
for the civil code
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He had a marked influence on the code, and succeeded in introducing common law principles in spite of the opposition of his colleagues, who were deeply imbued with Roman law
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He died on the loth of March 18o6, being the first senator of the empire to be buried in the Pantheon
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See Francois de Neufchrateau, Discours sur Tronchet (Paris, undated) ; Coqueret, Essai sur Tronchet ( Caen, 1867)
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