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Procedures relative to the conclusions of the prosecutors.

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TITLE XXIV.
Definitive conclusions of our
Prosecutors, or of those of the
Seigneurial courts.

ARTICLE I.

AFTER the re-examination & the confrontation have been concluded, our Prosecutors or those of the Seigneurs will learn of the trial proceedings, in order to render their definitive Conclusions; which they will be required to do shortly.

ARTICLE II.

WE forbid them to appear at the trial proceedings, or judgment, or to pronounce their Conclusions verbally, [...]

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ARTICLE III.

THE Conclusions will be rendered in writing & sealed, & will not contain the reasons for their findings.

Source: Louis XIV, "Procedure relative to the conclusions of prosecutors, in l'Ordonnance ... pour les matières criminelles" (Paris: Chez les Associés, 1670).

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