''Antoine-Gaspard Boucher d'Argis'' (3 April 1708 in

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– 25 January 1791 in

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) was a French lawyer. Advisor to the Supreme Council of

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in 1753 then at the Châtelet in Paris Boucher d'Argis wrote a number of

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and published the ''Règles pour former un avocat'' (Rules of form of a lawyer) of Pierre Biarnoy de Merville in a "re-touched" edition with the ''Histoire abrégée de l'ordre des avocats''. Beginning in 1742 he began to publish new editions of the ''Recueil, par ordre alphabétique, des principales questions de droit'' (Collection, in alphabetical order, of the principal questions of law) by Barthélemy-Joseph Bretonnier (1656–1727).(Paris, P. Émery, et Saugrain, 1742, LXXXVIII-544 p. ; 3e éd., Paris, Knapen, et Prault, 1752–1753, 2 vol. in-12 ; 3e éd., Paris, Prault père, et Dripelly, 1756, 2 vol. in-12 ; 4e éd., Paris, Babuty, Saugrain, et Ve Savoye, 1769, 2 vol. in-12 ; 5e éd., Paris, chez les libraires associés, 1783, in-4°, CXX-544 p.) d'après Florian Reynaud, ''Les bêtes à cornes dans la littérature agronomique de 1700 à 1850'', Caen, thèse de doctorat en histoire, 2009, annexe 2 (18.1. 1718) Beginning in 1749 he also offered new editions of ''Dictionnaire de droit et de pratique'' by Claude de Ferrière (1639–1715). He also provided more than 4,000 articles on the law for the

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Vols. III through XVII including the article on

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. His son was André-Jean Boucher d'Argis.

Publications

* ''Traité des gains nuptiaux et de survie, qui sont en usage dans les païs de droit écrit, tant du ressort du parlement de Paris, que des autres parlemens'', Lyon : chez Duplain Père & Fils, 173
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* ''Traité de la cruë des meubles au-dessus de leur prisée, dans lequel on explique son origine, & celle du parisis des meubles ; les pays où la crûe a lieu; leur différens usages sur la quotité ; quels meubles y sont sujets ; quelles personnes en doivent tenir compte ; & plusieurs autres questions qui naissent de cette matière'', Paris, Brunet fils, 1741 Text online & Paris, Saugrain, 1768. In-12 * ''Code rural, ou Maximes et réglemens concernant les biens de campagne, la chasse, la pêche, les baux, les troupeaux et bestiaux…'', Paris, Prault père, 1749 et 1762, 2 vol. in-12 ; 1774, 3 vol. in-12, XLI-387, 392 et 459 p. Tome I en ligne – Tome II online – Tome III en ligne ; éd. en 1794, 3 vol. in-12 * ''Principes sur la nullité du mariage, pour cause d'impuissance'', ondon 175
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