Maupeou, chancellor of France, whose ministry was signalised by the banishment of the Parlement of Paris, and the institution of Conseils du roi; the Parlement Maupeou became a laughing-stock under Louis XV., and Louis XVI. recalled the old Parlement on his accession (1714‒1792).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Maupassant, Guy de * Maupertuis, Pierre Louis Moreau de