Editing Parlement (section)

==Name==
{{See also|Parliament#Etymology}}
The [[Old French language|Old French]] word ''parlement'' is derived from the verb ''parler'' ('to speak') + suffix ''-(e)ment'', and originally meant a "speaking".<ref name="CNRTL">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnrtl.fr/etymologie/parlement|title = PARLEMENT : Etymologie de PARLEMENT}}</ref> It is attested with the meaning of "deliberating assembly" as early as {{circa|1165}}, and passed into English with this meaning.<ref name="CNRTL"/> The meaning then became more specialized in French during the 13th century, to refer to the "''curia regis'' in judicial session; sovereign court of justice" until the end of the ''[[Ancien Régime]]''.<ref name="CNRTL"/> (The sense of "legislative assembly" or "legislative body" was used in English, ''[[parliament]],'' in the 14th century.<ref name="CNRTL"/>)