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1893. COURTS (French Plenary), Composition of.—

The composition of the Plenary
Court is, indeed, vicious in the extreme; but
the basis of that court may be retained, and
its composition changed. Make of it a representative
of the people, by composing it of
members sent from the Provincial Assemblies,
and it becomes a valuable member of the
constitution.—
To Count de Moustier. Washington ed. ii, 388.
(P. May. 1788)