bed of justice

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  A special parliamentary session headed by the king in pre-Revolutionary France, where royal edicts could be forcibly registered.
 * 2) * 1949,, The Gamester, Stratus Books 2001, p. 137:
 * D'Argenson was prepared with advice. ‘A bed of justice will suffice, Highness.’
 * D'Argenson was prepared with advice. ‘A bed of justice will suffice, Highness.’