Criminal Ordinance of 1670

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The Criminal Ordinance of 1670 (French: Ordonnance criminelle de 1670, a.k.a. Ordonnance criminelle de Colbert) was a Great Ordinance dealing with criminal procedure which was enacted in France under the reign of King Louis XIV. Made in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, the Ordinance was registered by the Parliament of Paris on August 26, 1670 and came into effect on January 1, 1671. It was one of the first legal texts attempting to codify criminal law in France. It remained in force until the French Revolution. It was abrogated through a decree adopted by the National Constituent Assembly on October 9, 1789.[1]

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  1. ^ La Naissance du droit de la défense en 1789 (French). Le Cercle du Barreau (2008-03-13). Retrieved on 2008-05-07.

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