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"Maître" (Me) is used for law professions (solicitors, notaries), whereas Judges are called "Monsieur le Président" or "Madame la Présidente" ("Madame le Président" is sometimes preferred in France) if they preside over a court of justice, or "Monsieur le Juge" and "Madame la Juge" ("Madame le Juge" is sometimes preferred in France and in ...
Maître (spelled Maitre according to post-1990 spelling rules) is a commonly used honorific for lawyers, judicial officers and notaries in France, Belgium, Switzerland and French-speaking parts of Canada. [1] [2] It is often written in its abbreviated form M e or plural M es in French and Mtre in Canadian English.
Also: France: People: By occupation: Lawyers / Women by occupation: Women lawyers This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:French lawyers . It includes lawyers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
a close relationship or connection; an affair. The French meaning is broader; liaison also means "bond"' such as in une liaison chimique (a chemical bond) lingerie a type of female underwear. littérateur an intellectual (can be pejorative in French, meaning someone who writes a lot but does not have a particular skill). [36] louche
Adolphine Kok (law degree 1903): [365] First female lawyer in the Netherlands; Johanna Clementina Hudig (law degree 1934): [366] First female judge in the Netherlands (1947) A.A.L. "Guusje" Minkenhof (law degree c. 1940s): [367] [368] First female advocate general (1966) and first female counselor (1967) at the Supreme Court of the Netherlands
Aveline Twenty20Here, the French take on Evelyn with a fitting meaning of “breath of life.”2. Lilou A combination of Lily (i.e., the 50 French Baby Names That Are Prime for an American Takeover
Note that the word in French has retained the general meaning: e.g. château in French means "castle" and chef means "chief". In fact, loanwords from French generally have a more restricted or specialised meaning than in the original language, e.g. legume (in Fr. légume means "vegetable"), gateau (in Fr. gâteau means "cake").
Jeanne Chauvin (22 April 1862 – 7 September 1926) was the second woman to obtain a degree in law in France, in 1890. Her application to be sworn in as a lawyer was at first rejected, but after the law was changed in 1900 she was the second French woman to be authorized to plead at the bar (after Olga Petit.) Nevertheless, certain resources ...