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Conscription is made mandatory in France by the Jourdan law.
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Conscription
Compulsory enrollment into national or military service
Conscription, also known as the draft in American English, is the practice in which the compulsory enlistment in a national service, mainly a military service, is enforced by law. Conscription dates back to antiquity and it continues in some countries to the present day under…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Jourdan law
1798 law institutionalizing conscription in Revolutionary France
The Jourdan Law of 5 September 1798 effectively institutionalised conscription in Revolutionary France, which began with the levée en masse. It stipulated that all single and childless men between the ages of 20 and 25 were liable for military service. Exemptions existed however…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)