page_title: Lit de justice
hierarchical_section_title: Lit de justice
context_page_description: In France under the Ancien Régime, the lit de justice was a particular formal session of the Parliament of Paris, under the presidency of the king, for the compulsory registration of the royal edicts. It was named thus because the king would sit on a throne, under a baldachin. In the Middle Ages, not every appearance of the King of France in parlement occasioned a formal lit de justice. It was the custom of Philip IV and his three sons, Charles V, Charles VI, and Louis XII to attend sessions of various parlements regularly.
context_section_description: In France under the Ancien Régime, the lit de justice ([li də ʒystis], "bed of justice") was a particular formal session of the Parliament of Paris, under the presidency of the king, for the compulsory registration of the royal edicts.  It was named thus because the king would sit on a throne, under a baldachin. In the Middle Ages, not every appearance of the King of France in parlement occasioned a formal lit de justice.  It was the custom of Philip IV and his three sons, Charles V, Charles VI, and Louis XII to attend sessions of various parlements regularly.
caption: Lit de justice of king Charles VII at the Parliament de Paris, in 1450, by Jean Fouquet
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