(ABDICATION OF KING LOUIS XVI) 1791 "Law... - Lot 304 - Vermot et Associés

(ABDICATION OF KING LOUIS XVI) 1791 "Law which determines the cases in which the King (LOUIS XVI) shall be deemed to have abdicated the Crown, & may be prosecuted as a private citizen, & which orders that Sieur BOUILLÉ & his accomplices shall be prosecuted as criminals of LÈZE-NATION at the court of Orléans." - Given in Paris on July 16, 1791 - "1°) If the King, after taking his Oath to the Constitution, retracts it, he shall be deemed to have abdicated. 2°) If the King puts himself at the head of an army to direct its forces against the Nation, or if he orders his generals to carry out such a project,... he will be deemed to have abdicated. 3°) A King who has abdicated, or who is supposed to have abdicated, shall become a simple citizen again, & shall be liable, according to the ordinary forms, for all offences subsequent to his abdication...". (in 9 articles) Closet (47 x 37) State A