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cour d’assises

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trial procedure

  • Justinian I
    In procedural law: Criminal courts

    The French cour d’assises, which hears serious criminal matters, is composed of three professional judges and nine lay assessors. Such “mixed courts” of professionals and ordinary citizens deliberate together and decide by majority vote, with lawyers and laypersons having one vote each.

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