Jules Van Dievoet


Jules Van Dievoet was a Belgian jurist and Supreme Court advocate.
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He was the son of Augustus Van Dievoet, jurist, lawyer, historian and Latin writer.

Biography

He married Marguerite Anspach, daughter of Jules Anspach, burgomaster of the City of Brussels.
After studying at the Athénée de Bruxelles and studying at the Faculty of Law of the Free University of Brussels, where he obtained his doctorate in law with distinction in 1865, he was destined for the career of a lawyer.
After an internship at Louis Leclercq, he was sworn in as a lawyer on August 18, 1865. He was appointed barrister at the Court of Cassation by Royal Decree of December 31, 1880, replacing Auguste Orts, who had passed away.
He was president of the Bar of Cassation from 1900 to 1902.

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