Georges Antoine Chabot (13 April 1758,Montluçon – 18 April 1819, Paris), known asChabot de Lallier, was a Frenchjurist and statesman.
Chabot was president of the tribunal inMontluçon, he was elected as a deputy supplant to theNational Convention during theFrench Revolution.[1]
A member of theFrench Directory'sCouncil of the Ancients, then of theConsulate'sTribunate, he was president of the latter when theTreaty of Amiens recognizing theFrench Republic was signed. He had a resolution adopted which tended to giveNapoleon Bonaparte theconsulship for life, and in 1804 supported the proposal to establish ahereditary monarchy (theFirst French Empire).[1]
Napoleon named him inspector-general of the law schools, then judge of thecourt of cassation.[1]
He published various legal works, e.g.Tableau de la législation ancienne sur les successions et de la législation nouvelle établie par le code civil (Paris, 1804), andQuestions transitoires sur le Code Napoléon (Paris, 1809).[1]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Chabot, Georges Antoine".Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 785.