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(French Hist.) the throne (F. lit bed) occupied by the king when sitting in one of his parliaments (judicial courts); hence, a session of a refractory parliament, at which the king was present for the purpose of causing his decrees to be registered.
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See also: Bed, Justice

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Through rituals such as the lit de justice and pamphlet exchanges with her critics, she cast herself as a defender of the king's authority and a peacemaker at a time of civil and religious conflict.
Especially important was the new connection with the French parlement--on the one hand, the injection of the lit de justice by the regent over the young king allowed him to appear as a minor in need of protection; on the other, it put him forth as a law-giving authority.
Craig Moyes examine la mise en scene et la jouissance interieure dont s'accompagne la vengeance longtemps differee du duc de Saint-Simon, noble et pair ulcere par l'etatisme monarchique, lors du lit de justice de 1718.
The colt is a full-brother to Commander Collins who won the Racing Post Trophy in 1998, while his winning half-brothers include Breeders' Cup Sprint hero Lit de Justice and Colonel Collins, who finished third in the Epsom Derby.
Sahadi is best known for Breeders' Cup Sprint winners Elmhurst and Lit De Justice.
City Leader's dam Kanmary died foaling the half-brother to Breeders' Cup winner Lit De Justice and Racing Post Trophy winner Commander Collins.
Corey Nakatani's double included the Sprint on Lit De Justice, whose trainer Jenine Sahadi was the first woman to saddle a Cup winner.
He is followed later, in the mile-and-a-quarter maiden, by Brideshead, a Danehill half-brother to several winners, including top-class sprinter Lit de Justice.
He is out of a stakes-placed mare from a family that has produced horses the calibre of the Breeders' Cup Sprint winner Lit De Justice and the Racing Post Trophy hero Commander Collins.
Hawkeye has two smartly bred mares among his first positive results: Lit de Justice mare Burnin' Memories - a Listed winner in the US - and Canary Bird, dam of Canadian Grade 3 winner Fearless Flyer.
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