Scope and Contents A letter written by Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai, Minister of Justice, dated 21st of Prairial, year four of the Republic in the French Republican calendar, and sent in reply to the public prosecutor at the criminal court for the Department of Seine-et-Oise. The public prosecutor had asked whether acquitted defendants can bring an action for damages against their accusers. Merlin replies that yes, the acquitted may charge their accusers with slander and discusses the legal interpretation...

Scope and Contents Letter written on the 27th of Fructidor, year eight of the Republic from the Minister of Justice, André Joseph Abrial, to the government commissioner at the Court of First Instance at Versailles, responding to a question about which of the courts or prefecture councils are responsible for repossessing estates that have fallen into disuse and liquidating debts, in order to clarify the demarcation between administrative power and judicial authority. He states that the government's repossession...

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A printed memorandum from the Minister of the Interior Jean-Antoine Chaptal, dated 5th of Germinal, year eleven of the Republic, to department prefects. The memo describes a decision from the Council of State on the housing for recruiting officers and non-commissioned officers, describing how their housing will be provided for under various circumstances in the places where they are recruiting, as well as when firewood and candles are provided at government expense to those officers.

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A letter from Minister of Justice Claude Ambroise Régnier, dated 7th of Ventôse, year twelve of the Republic, to the government commissioner of the Court of First Instance at Versailles (Seine-et-Oise), in which he instructs the commissioner to deposit the records of the former court of the District of Dourdan at the registry of the Court of First Instance in the relevant district if he has not done so already.