Etymology

bed of justice

Today it means: A special parliamentary session headed by the king in pre-Revolutionary France, where royal edicts could be forcibly registered. Full definition →

French lit de justice
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  1. French · calque oflit de justice
  2. English todaybed of justice

Calque of French lit de justice, referring to the throne occupied by the king when sitting in one of his judicial courts.

Words from the same roots

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lit de justice

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.