Cortillier Juge de Paix

English translation: the person's name

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French term or phrase:Courtillier Juge de Paix
English translation:the person's name
Entered by: Nina Iordache

12:34 Jul 19, 2008
French to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Names (personal, company) / appelation de personne, droit, Old French
French term or phrase: Cortillier Juge de Paix
Context: "...Juge et Courtillier Juge de Paix des cantons de XXX, appelle à compléter le tribunal par ordonnance de Monsieur Premier. ?.., Président prés la cour d’appel à XXX en date du vingt trois avril mil neuf cent quinze en l’empêchement des avocats et avoues inscrit au Câbleau Monsieur XXX Procureur de la République et Maitre XXX, greffier.
Nina Iordache
Romania
Local time: 17:59
the person's name
Explanation:
Imo, this has to be the person's name. Cortillier is a gardener and so is a Courtillier, depending on www site..
Seeing the preceding context would be useful. You may just be reading/parsing the French incorrectly.

http://www.cevenols.com/vieuxmetiers.htm



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Middle English Dictionary: D.1 - Google Books Result
by Hans Kurath - 1961 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 128 pages
[AF; CF cortillier.] A friar in charge of gardening; maister ~, chief gardener. [(1243) Close R. Hen.Ш 82: Henricus le Curtiller. (1265) Pat.R. ...
books.google.be/books?isbn=0472010417

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Note added at 55 mins (2008-07-19 13:29:59 GMT)
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Two Old French Satires on the Power of the Keys: L'escommeniement ... - Google Books Result
by Daron Burrows, University of Oxford European ... - 2005 - Literary Criticism - 145 pages
... pointy Pa 90 cortillier, sm. gardener Es 138 cortois, adj. courtly, good Pa 35 cortoisie, sf. courtly virtue, goodness Pa 30*, 38 cousine, sf. ...
books.google.be/books?isbn=1904713092
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the person's name


Explanation:
Imo, this has to be the person's name. Cortillier is a gardener and so is a Courtillier, depending on www site..
Seeing the preceding context would be useful. You may just be reading/parsing the French incorrectly.

http://www.cevenols.com/vieuxmetiers.htm



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Note added at 54 mins (2008-07-19 13:29:12 GMT)
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Middle English Dictionary: D.1 - Google Books Result
by Hans Kurath - 1961 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 128 pages
[AF; CF cortillier.] A friar in charge of gardening; maister ~, chief gardener. [(1243) Close R. Hen.Ш 82: Henricus le Curtiller. (1265) Pat.R. ...
books.google.be/books?isbn=0472010417

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Note added at 55 mins (2008-07-19 13:29:59 GMT)
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Two Old French Satires on the Power of the Keys: L'escommeniement ... - Google Books Result
by Daron Burrows, University of Oxford European ... - 2005 - Literary Criticism - 145 pages
... pointy Pa 90 cortillier, sm. gardener Es 138 cortois, adj. courtly, good Pa 35 cortoisie, sf. courtly virtue, goodness Pa 30*, 38 cousine, sf. ...
books.google.be/books?isbn=1904713092

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Thank you, Writeaway! This is it, indeed!

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agree  B D Finch
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agree  Graham macLachlan
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