Französisch: vibaillifEnglisch translation: vice-bailiff 
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Law/Patents - Genealogie / family deeds | | Französisch Begriff oder Satz: vibaillif | Year of record: 1612. France (Gard).
"Testament de demoiselle X, veuve de noble Y, vivant vibaillif de la ville et comté d'Alès."
(For extra credit, explain how a 'demoiselle' can also be a 'veuve'...) |
| | Notiz(en) an den/des Fragesteller(s)Philippe Boucry: 3:45pm Feb 11, 2006: Up to the XVIIIth century, a 'demoiselle' was either an unmarried or married woman from the nobility. 'Mademoiselle', without any name, was how the King's sister was referred to. -
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| | vice-bailiff | Erklärung:
and for 'extra credit', she was presumably 'demoiselle' because as a widdow she was free to marry again |
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mediamatrix
Chile
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| total guesswork
Erklärung:
Vice-bailiff? (in his lifetime) [(de son) vivant]
Google is no help, is it!
Maybe the marriage was never consumated.
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Note added at 20 mins (2006-02-11 15:48:04 GMT)
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However, it appears that "demoiselle" was the title attributed to a "fille ou femme de petite noblesse" (dixit Lexis). So a "lady", as oppposed to a "dame", maybe?? Seems to me the English aristocracy was/is full of "ladies" who are not particularly high ranking.
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