parlement

[ pahr-luh-muh nt ]

/ ˈpɑr lə mənt /

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As dauphin he claimed the right to give orders to the parlement at Grenoble.

Charles the Bold |Ruth Putnam
To crush the opposition to these measures, he persuaded the king to exile the parlement to Troyes (August 15th, 1787).

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 8 |Various
Lecamus foresaw himself President of the Paris Parlement in the person of his grandson.

The Works of Honor de Balzac |Honor de Balzac
His father was procureur to the parlement of Paris, and destined him to the profession of the law.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 |Various

The Parlement had no hesitation in accepting jurisdiction over this purely spiritual question.

A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II |Henry Charles Lea