Georges Antoine Chabot (13 April 1758, Montluçon – 18 April 1819, Paris), known as Chabot de Lallier, was a French jurist and statesman.

Biography

Chabot was president of the tribunal in Montluçon, he was elected as a deputy supplant to the

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during the

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. A member of the French Directory's

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, then of the

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, he was president of the latter when the

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recognizing the French Republic was signed. He had a resolution adopted which tended to give

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the consulship for life, and in 1804 supported the proposal to establish a hereditary monarchy (the

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). Napoleon named him inspector-general of the law schools, then judge of the

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. He published various legal works, e.g. ''Tableau de la législation ancienne sur les successions et de la législation nouvelle établie par le code civil'' (Paris, 1804), and ''Questions transitoires sur le Code Napoléon'' (Paris, 1809).

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External links

* ''Questions transitoires sur le Code Napoléon'' on the

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