Cambacérès

JEAN JACQUES DE, (kam'bah-sā'raiz,) a French statesman, B.1753. He early practised law, and, after the breaking out of the revolution, became succe ively a member of the National A embly, and a deputy to the Convention. He afterwards became a member of the Council of Five Hundred, and, in 1796, framed a Projet de Code Civil, which became the basis of the Code Napoleon. The emperor created C. arch chancellor, and president of the senate, with the title of duke. After the return from Elba, C. was appointed minister of justice. After the Restoration, he suffered| temporary banishment. D. in Paris, 1824. [s. 132]