Ut de Justice
Preserved but no longer current.
Properly the seat occupied by the French king when he attended the deliberations of his parlement\ hence, the session itself, any arbitrary edict. As the members derived their power from the king, when the king was present their power returned to the fountain-head, and the king was arbitrary. What he then proposed could not be controverted, and had the force of law. The last /// de justice was held by Louis XVI in 1787.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Ut de Justice” mean?
Properly the seat occupied by the French king when he attended the deliberations of his parlement\ hence, the session itself, any arbitrary edict. As the members derived their power from the king, when the king was present their power returned to the fountain-head, and the king was arbitrary. What he then proposed could not be controverted, and had the force of law. The last /// de justice was held by Louis XVI in 1787.
Is “Ut de Justice” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.