lieutenant criminel

French

Alternative forms

  • lieutenant-criminel

Noun

lieutenant criminel m (plural lieutenants criminels)

  1. (historical) A judge overseeing criminal prosecutions, particularly the chief such magistrate in Paris, France, under the Ancien Regime.

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