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Collet, Philibert (1643‒1718) [vol. 10 page 44] , a learned advocate of parliament of Dombes

, a learned advocate of parliament of Dombes, was born February

, a learned advocate of parliament of Dombes, was born February 15, 1643, at Chatilon-­les-Dombes, where he died March 31, 1718, aged seventy-­six. He left “Traité des Excommunications,” 1689, 12mo; “Tr. de l'Usure,” 1690, 8vo; Notes on the custom of Bresse, 1698, fol. and several other works containing singular sentiments, more free than his church permitted.