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The Complete Works of Montesquieu. Electronic Edition.
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Volume II.
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BOOK XXVIII.: OF THE ORIGIN AND REVOLUTIONS OF THE CIVIL LAWS AMONG THE FRENCH.
CHAP. XXX.: Observations on Appeals.

CHAP. XXX.: Observations on Appeals.

I apprehend that appeals, which were challenges to a combat, must have been made immediately on the spot. “If the party leaves the court without appealing,” says Beaumanoir†761, “he loses his appeal, and the judgment stands good.” This continued still in force, even after all the restrictions of †762judicial combat.

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