Francois Gayot de Pitaval

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Name Francois de Died 1743, Lyon, France		Role Advocate

Francois Gayot de Pitaval (1673–1743) was a French advocate.

He compiled a famous collection of causes celebres. Later the literary genre of true crime collections became known as Pitaval.

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Causes celebres et interessantes, avec les jugemens qui les ont decidees (1734-1741 in 18 volumes)

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