What Were the Seigneurial Courts

question 23

Multiple Choice

What were the seigneurial courts?

• A)courts controlled by the French nobility that enforced the local lord's rights over those of his peasants
• B)courts administered by the provincial parlements,which were favorable to the middle class
• C)military and/or navy courts which imposed strict discipline on enlisted men
• D)senior courts where decisions of lower courts could be appealed
• E)royal courts of appeals controlled by the king

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Definitions:

Filtrate

The liquid that passes through a filter, separating it from suspended solids.

Bowman's Capsule

A cup-like structure in the kidney that encloses the glomerulus and is the beginning of the tubular component of the nephron.

Collecting Duct

A tube in the kidney that receives filtrate from several nephrons and conducts it to the renal pelvis.

Directly Reabsorb

A process in which substances are taken back into the blood from the filtrate in the kidney tubules without undergoing any transformation.