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==Case Records== | ==Case Records== | ||
Since the 1760s, criminal law in Québec has been based on the English common law. The civil law is based on French law. Many revisions have been made to the old coûtume de Paris (Custom of Paris), the code of laws in effect during years of French government. Court records date from about 1651 and will give the names and residence of persons who engaged in litigation in the courts: ''Registres du baillage'' (Bailiff’s Court),''Plaidoyers communs'' (Court of Common Pleas), and ''Conseil Supérieur'' (Superior Court). Some transcriptions of notable cases during the French régime are useful. They have been published in some genealogical periodicals (see [[Quebec Periodicals]]. | Since the 1760s, criminal law in Québec has been based on the English common law. The civil law is based on French law. Many revisions have been made to the old coûtume de Paris (Custom of Paris), the code of laws in effect during years of French government. Court records date from about 1651 and will give the names and residence of persons who engaged in litigation in the courts: ''Registres du baillage'' (Bailiff’s Court),''Plaidoyers communs'' (Court of Common Pleas), and ''Conseil Supérieur'' (Superior Court). Some transcriptions of notable cases during the French régime are useful. They have been published in some genealogical periodicals (see [[Quebec Periodicals]]. | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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