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Article 300

Des demandes en cassation, en obtention de grâce ou en commutation de peine

Criminal Procedure
Titre II: De la procédure criminelle (On Criminal Procedure)
Chapitre XII: Des demandes en cassation, en obtention de grâce ou en commutation de peine (On Petitions for Cassation, Pardon, or Commutation of Sentence)

Le condamné sera conduit à l'audience ; et pendant la lecture des lettres, il se tiendra à genoux et nu-tête.

Life lesson: The pardoned or commuted person is brought before the court and kneels bareheaded while the king's letters of mercy are read aloud — a ritual of gratitude and humility before sovereign grace.
Notes: Pardon ceremony: condamné brought to audience. Posture: à genoux (kneeling) + nu-tête (bareheaded). Ritual submission to royal mercy. Public display of sovereign clemency. Symbolic humiliation and gratitude combined. Powerful ceremonial element of Henrician justice.
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