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basoche (or bazoche)

Corporation of the clerks of the parlement of Paris, which existed from about 1302 until the Revolution 1789. Philip the Fair is said to have been the founder, and to have granted the members certain privileges. Other basoches included that of the clerks of the Palais de Justice.
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Beam's focus is primarily the plays and farces performed by university students and the less exalted members of the law courts such as clerks, ushers, and notaries, collectively referred to as the basoche.
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