François Pollet (died around 1547) was a lawyer from

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Life

Pollet studied law at Leuven University and for a number of years became a lecturer in law at the

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. He was then called to the bar, and returned to his native Douai, where he married and maintained a legal practice. He died young, leaving the incomplete manuscript of a study of Roman legal institutions. His work was later edited and put into print by his son-in-law, Philippe Broïde, a member of the city council of Douai.Pierre Taisand, ''Les vies des plus celebres jurisconsultes de toutes les nations'' (Paris, 1737), p. 449.

Publications

* ''Historia Fori Romani'' (Douai, Jan Bogard, 1576
Available on Google Books

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pollet, Francois 16th-century deaths Lawyers from the Habsburg Netherlands 16th-century writers in Latin Old University of Leuven alumni People from Douai Renaissance humanists