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TRONCHET, FRANCOIS DENIS (1726-1806)

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 305 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TRONCHET, See also:FRANCOIS See also:DENIS (1726-1806) , See also:French jurist, was See also:born in See also:Paris on the 23rd of See also:March 1726. He was an avocat at the See also:parlement of Paris, and gained a See also:great reputation in a consultative capacity. In 1789 he was elected See also:deputy to the states-See also:general. In the Constituent See also:Assembly he made him-self especially conspicuous by his efforts to obtain the rejection of the See also:jurisdiction of the See also:jury in See also:civil cases. In the See also:king's trial, he was chosen by See also:Louis as counsel for the See also:defence, and per-formed this difficult and dangerous task with high ability and courage. During the See also:Directory he was deputy at the See also:Council that See also:judges be nominated by the executive directory. Under the Consulate he was See also:president of the tribunal of cassation, and collaborated in preparing the final See also:scheme for the civil See also:code. He had a marked See also:influence on the code, and succeeded in introducing See also:common See also:law principles in spite of the opposition of his colleagues, who were deeply imbued with See also:Roman law. He died on the loth of March 18o6, being the first senator of the See also:empire to be buried in the See also:Pantheon. See Francois de Neufchrateau, Discours sur Tronchet (Paris, undated) ; Coqueret, Essai sur Tronchet (See also:Caen, 1867).

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