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PORTALIS, JEAN ETIENNE MARIE (1746-1807)

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PORTALIS, JEAN ETIENNE MARIE (1746-1807)

PORTALIS, See also:
JEAN
JEAN See also:
ETIENNE, CHARLES GUILLAUME (1778-1845)
ETIENNE See also:
MARIE
MARIE (1746-1807) , See also:

French jurist, came of a See also:

bourgeois See also:

FAMILY

family, and was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Bausset in See also:

PROVENCE (Provincia, Proenza)

Provence on the 1st of See also:

APRIL

April 1746. He was educated by the Oratorians at their See also:

SCHOOLS

schools in See also:

TOULON

Toulon and See also:

MARSEILLES

Marseilles, and then went to the university of See also:

AIX

Aix; while a student there he published his first two See also:

WORKS

works, Observations sur Emile in 1763 and See also:

DES

Des Prejuges in 1764. In 1765 he became an avocat at the See also:

PARLEMENT (see PARLIAMENT)

parlement of Aix, and soon obtained so See also:

GREAT

great a reputation that he was instructed by the duc de See also:

Choiseul in 1770 to draw up the See also:

DECREE (from the past participle, decretus, of Lat. decernere)

decree authorizing the See also:

MARRIAGE

marriage of Protestants. From 1778 to 1781 he was one of the four assessors or administrators of Provence. In See also:

NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1793, after the See also:

REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

republic had been proclaimed, he came to See also:

Paris and was thrown into See also:

PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison, being the See also:

BROTHER

brother-in-See also:

law of See also:

Joseph See also:

Jerome See also:

Simeon, the See also:

LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of the Federalists in Provence. He was soon removed through the See also:

INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of B. de V. Barere to a maison de saute, where he remained till the fall of See also:

ROBESPIERRE, MAXIMILIEN FRANCOIS MARIE ISIDORE DE (175$-1794)

Robespierre. On being released he practised as a lawyer in Paris; and in 1795 he was elected by the See also:

capital to the Conseil des Anciens, becoming a leader of the moderate party opposed to the See also:

DIRECTORY

directory. As a leader of the moderates he was proscribed at the coup d'etat of Fructidor, but, unlike See also:

General See also:

Charles See also:

PICHEGRU, CHARLES (1761-1804)

Pichegru and the See also:

MARQUIS

marquis de Barbe-Marbois, he managed to See also:

ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape to See also:

SWITZERLAND

Switzerland, and did not return till See also:

BONAPARTE

Bonaparte became First See also:

Consul. Bonaparte made him a conseiller d'etat in r800, and then charged him, with F, D. See also:

TRONCHET, FRANCOIS DENIS (1726-1806)

Tronchet, See also:

BIGOT

Bigot de Preameneu, and Jacques de Maleville, to draw up the See also:

CODE (Lat. codex)

Code See also:

CIVIL

Civil. Of this See also:

COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission he was the most industrious member, and many of the most important titles, notably those on marriage and heirship, are his See also:

WORK

In 18or he was placed in See also:

charge of the See also:

DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of cultes or public See also:

WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship, and in that capacity had the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in See also:

DRAWING

drawing up the provisions of the See also:

CONCORDAT (Lat. concordatum, agreed upon, from con-, together, and cor, heart)

Concordat. In 1803 he became a member of the See also:

INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute, in 1804 See also:

MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of public worship, and in 1805 a See also:

knight See also:

GRAND

grand See also:

CROSS

cross of the See also:

LEGION (Lat. legio)

Legion of See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

Honour. He soon after became totally See also:

BLIND, MATHILDE (1841—1896)

blind; and after an operation he died at Paris on the 25th of See also:

AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1807. The work of Portalis appears in the Code See also:

NAPOLEON

Napoleon, but see also See also:

Frederick Portalis's Documents, See also:

RAP

rap ports, et travaux inedits stir le Code Civil (1844) and Sur le Concordat (1845); for his See also:

LIFE

life, see the See also:

BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography in the edition of his Oeuvres by F. Portalis (1823) and Rene Lavolee, Portalis, sa See also:

VIE

vie et ses oeuvres, (Paris, 1869). His son, JOSEPH MARIE PORTALIS (1778-1858), entered the See also:

DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic service, and obtaining the favour of See also:

Louis XVIII. filled many important offices. He was under-secretary of See also:

state for the See also:

MINISTRY

ministry of See also:

JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice, first See also:

PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the See also:

court of caseation, minister for See also:

FOREIGN

foreign affairs, and in 1851 a member of the See also:

SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

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