bed of justice

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A special parliamentary session headed by the king in pre-Revolutionary France, where royal edicts could be forcibly registered.
    — when [...] he himself announced that the king would hold a Bed of Justice to compel the instant registration of the necessary edicts, the Parliament became more exasperated than ever.

词形变化

beds of justice plural

词源

Calque of French lit de justice, referring to the throne occupied by the king when sitting in one of his judicial courts.
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