Old French law, referred to in French as l'Ancien Droit, was the law of the Kingdom of France until the French Revolution. In the north of France were...

French law has a dual jurisdictional system comprising private law (droit privé), also known as judicial law, and public law (droit public). Judicial law...

Old French (franceis, françois, romanz; French: ancien français) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France approximately between...

Law French (Middle English: Lawe Frensch) is an archaic language originally based on Anglo-Norman, but increasingly influenced by Parisian French and...

history of France is commonly divided into three periods: that of the old French law (Ancien Droit), that of the Revolutionary or intermediary law (Droit...

system of the French Republic. The field of criminal law is defined as a sector of French law, and is a combination of public and private law, insofar as...

secondary schools. The law is an amendment to the French Code of Education that expands principles founded in existing French law, especially the constitutional...

French nationality law is historically based on the principles of jus soli (Latin for "right of soil") and jus sanguinis, according to Ernest Renan's definition...

Crime in France is combated by a range of French law enforcement agencies. Though France's homicide rate fluctuated substantially in recent years, it...

Additionally, French courts may petition the European Court of Justice to certify a question of law concerning EU law. French criminal law Jurisdictional...

The 1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and State (French: Loi du 9 décembre 1905 concernant la séparation des Églises et de l'État) was...

The National Assembly (French: Assemblée nationale [asɑ̃ble nɑsjɔnal]) is the lower house of the bicameral French Parliament under the Fifth Republic,...

The French code of criminal procedure (French: Code de procédure pénale) is the codification of French criminal procedure, "the set of legal rules in France...

récidive des majeurs et des mineurs". French Criminal Law (in French). Legifrance. Retrieved 2007-11-01. The French Parliament. "Paragraph 1 - Conditions...

and contains some of the earliest known instances of Old Dutch. It remained the basis of Frankish law throughout the early Medieval period, and influenced...

Overseas France (French: France d'outre-mer, also France ultramarine) consists of 13 French territories outside Europe, mostly the remnants of the French colonial...

(/ˌɒ̃sjæ̃ reɪˈʒiːm/; French: [ɑ̃sjɛ̃ ʁeʒim] ; lit. 'old rule') was the political and social system of the Kingdom of France that the French Revolution overturned...

to the French total. Among the largest French defence companies are Dassault, Thales and Safran. France uses a civil legal system, wherein law arises...

The commune (French pronunciation: [kɔmyn] ) is a level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are analogous to civil townships...

French (français, French: [fʁɑ̃sɛ], or langue française, French: [lɑ̃ɡ fʁɑ̃sɛːz], or by some speakers, French: [lɑ̃ŋ fʁɑ̃sɛ]) is a Romance language of...

divided between two statutes: the Old Poor Law passed during the reign of Elizabeth I (1558–1603) and the New Poor Law, passed in 1834, which significantly...

seized or destroyed by the French government without compensation to the owners. Category B requires the owner to be older than 18, be affiliated with...

holdover from old French law. This dower could be forfeited by women who took perpetual vows in certain religious orders. It was the law of dower unimpaired...

A criminal proceeding in French law (French: action publique, lit. 'public action') is one carried out in the name of society against a person accused...

The French Catholic Church, or Catholic Church in France is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in communion with the Pope in Rome. Established in the...

by French laws in June, 1791. cf: Albanagium -- In old French law, the state of alienage, of being a foreigner or alien. Albanus -- In old French law, a...

Criminal responsibility in French criminal law is the obligation to answer for infractions committed and to suffer the punishment provided by the legislation...

of the French Republic (PGFR; French: Gouvernement provisoire de la République française (GPRF)) was the provisional government of Free France between...

The French Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of...

Common law (also known as judicial precedent, judge-made law, or case law) is the body of law created by judges and similar quasi-judicial tribunals by...