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Henri François d'Aguesseau, French jurist and politician, Chancellor of France (born 1668)

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Henri François d'Aguesseau

French statesman (1668–1751)

Henri François d'Aguesseau, seigneur de Fresnes was Chancellor of France three times between 1717 and 1750 and pronounced by Voltaire to be "the most learned magistrate France ever possessed".
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Chancellor of France

Head of the judiciary of Ancien-era France

The Chancellor of France, also known as the Grand Chancellor or Lord Chancellor, was the officer of state responsible for the judiciary of the Kingdom of France. The Chancellor was responsible for seeing that royal decrees were enrolled and registered by the sundry parlements,…
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