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  2. Judiciary of France - Wikipedia

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    France's independent court system enjoys special statutory protection from the executive branch.Procedures for the appointment, promotion, and removal of judges vary depending on whether it is for the ordinary ("judiciaire") or the administrative stream.

  3. Court of Cassation (France) - Wikipedia

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    The building of the Court of Cassation. The prosecution, or parquet général, is headed by the Chief Prosecutor (procureur général). [c] The Chief Prosecutor is a judicial officer, but does not prosecute cases; instead, his function is to advise the Court on how to proceed, analogous to the Commissioner-in-Council's [d] role within the Conseil d'État (lit.

  4. List of first women lawyers and judges in Europe - Wikipedia

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    Susan Denham (1971): [257] First female appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Ireland (1992) and serve and its Chief Justice (2011–2017) Mella Carroll (1976; Northern Ireland Bar): [258] First female appointed as a Judge of the High Court of Ireland (1980) Moya Quinlan: [259] First female to serve as the President of the Law Society ...

  5. French judiciary courts - Wikipedia

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    The French judiciary courts (French: ordre judiciaire), also known as "ordinary courts", are one of two main divisions of the dual jurisdictional system in France, the other division being the administrative courts (French: ordre administratif). [1] Ordinary courts have jurisdiction over two branches of law:

  6. Chief justice - Wikipedia

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    The chief justice is the presiding member of a supreme court in many countries with a justice system based on English common law, such as the Supreme Court of Nepal the High Court of Australia, the Supreme Court of Canada, the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, the Supreme Court of Ghana, the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal, the Supreme Court of India, the Supreme Court of Ireland, the Supreme Court ...

  7. Ministry of Justice (France) - Wikipedia

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    The Ministry of Justice (French: Ministère de la Justice) is a ministerial department of the Government of France, also known in French as la Chancellerie. It is headed by the Minister of Justice, also known as the Keeper of the Seals, a member of the Council of Ministers. The ministry's headquarters are on Place Vendôme, Paris. [1]

  8. Thomas Langlois Lefroy - Wikipedia

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    In 1796, Lefroy began a flirtation with Jane Austen, who was a friend of an older female relative.Jane Austen wrote two letters to her sister Cassandra mentioning "Tom Lefroy", and some have suggested that it may have been he whom Austen had in mind when she invented the character of Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice, as the courtship between Tom Lefroy and Jane Austen took place over the year ...

  9. Charles Evans Hughes - Wikipedia

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    Taft elevated Associate Justice Edward Douglass White to the position of Chief Justice despite having previously indicated to Hughes that he might select Hughes as Chief Justice. White's candidacy for the position was bolstered by his long experience on the bench and popularity among his fellow justices, as well as Theodore Roosevelt's coolness ...