The Parlement of Pau (French: ''"Parlement de Pau", alias "Parlement de Navarre et de Béarn", alias "Parlement de Navarre séant à Pau"'') was created in 1620 out of the merger of the ''Conseil Souverain of Béarn'' and the ''Chancery of Navarre'', with its subordinated offices,Expilly (1763), p. 50
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Louis XIII of France Louis XIII (; sometimes called the Just; 27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643) was King of France from 1610 until his death in 1643 and King of Navarre (as Louis II) from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crown. ...

, following the incorporation of

Béarn Béarn (; ; or ''Biarn''; or ''Biarno''; or ''Bearnia'') is one of the traditional provinces of France, located in the Pyrenees mountains and in the plain at their feet, in Southwestern France. Along with the three Northern Basque Country, ...

and

Lower Navarre Lower Navarre (; Gascon/Bearnese: ''Navarra Baisha''; ; ) is a traditional region of the present-day French '' département'' of Pyrénées-Atlantiques. It corresponds to the northernmost ''region'' of the Kingdom of Navarre during the Middle A ...

into the crown lands of

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. It was composed of a first president ''(French: premier président)'' appointed by the king, seven ''présidents à mortier'', forty-six counsellors ''(French: conseillers)'', two attorneys general ''(French: avocat général)'', one prosecutor general ''(French: procureur général)''. It was initially divided into three ''Chambres'' called the First Bureau ''(French: Premier Bureau)'', Second Bureau ''(French: Second Bureau)'' and the ''Tournelle''. The ''Edict of 1691'' further merged the Chambre des Comptes of Navarre and the subordinated Royal Mint of Navarre and Béarn, creating a fourth ''Chambre'' called the ''Chambre des Comptes''. The same edict also folded in the ''Pays de Soule'', previously under the ''Parliament of Guyenne'' in

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in F ...

. The new entity was called the Cour de Parlement, Comptes, Aides et Finance de Navarre.Blanchet (1893), p.
(in French)
/ref> The ''Parlement of Pau'' was politically and judicially responsible for five seneschals ''(French: sénéchaussées)'' in

, Pau, Oloron, Orthez, Morlaàs and Sauveterre, as well as all of the merindad of

and the ''Pays de

Soule Soule (; Basque language, Basque: Zuberoa; Zuberoan/ Soule Basque: Xiberoa or Xiberua; ) is a former viscounty and France, French Provinces of France, province and part of the present-day Pyrénées-Atlantiques ''département in France, départ ...

''. It was housed in Pau's old courthouse, the ''Palais de Justice'', built in 1585 by order of Henry III of Navarre, on the prior location of the house of the

Bishop of Lescar The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lescar (Latin: ''Dioecesis Lascurrensis;'' French: ''Diocèse de Lescar''; Basque language, Basque: ''Leskarreko elizbarrutia''), in south-western France, was founded in the fifth century, and continued until 1790. ...

and St. Martin's Cemetery. The main building was destroyed by fire 1716. Despite a reconstruction project planned on the edge of the ''Place Royale'', it was rebuilt on its original site in 1722. The ''Parlement of Pau'' was disbanded in 1789 as a result of the French Revolution.

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