Paris and its story, by T. Okey; illustrated by Katherine Kimball & O. F. M. Ward (1904)
Okey, Thomas, 1852-1935 · London : J. M. Dent & co.; New York, The Macmillan co. · leaf 164
were lawyers, presided over by the royalchancellor. It sat twice yearly for periods of two months,and consisted of three chambers or courts. The nobles whoat first sat among the lay members gradually ceased to attendowing to a sense of their legal inefficiency, and the Parlementbecame at length a… … PALAIS DE JUSTICE, CLOCK TOWER AND CONCIERGERIE. io6 PARIS AND ITS STORY Parlement sat en permanence, and henceforth became the coiirsouveraine et capitale of the kingdom. The purity of itsmembers was maintained by severest penalties. In 1336one of the presidents was convicted of receiving bribes…
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