Pierre-Basile Mignault (1854-1945) was a Canadian lawyer and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, born in Worcester, Massachusetts, to a French-Canadian physician father and Irish mother, whose family relocated to Montreal in his childhood. He earned a Bachelor of Civil Law from McGill University in 1878, was admitted to the bar the same year, and became a McGill professor of civil law; between 1895 and 1916 he authored the nine-volume treatise Droit civil canadien on Quebec civil law, a work still cited by courts including Canada's highest tribunal. Prime Minister Robert Borden appointed him to the Supreme Court on October 25, 1918, and he served as a Puisne Justice until mandatory retirement at age 75 in 1929.
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It is Mignault's nine-volume treatise on Québec civil law, published from 1895 to 1916 and still cited by courts.
Droit civil canadien is a nine-volume work on Québec's civil law that Pierre-Basile Mignault published between 1895 and 1916, while he was a professor of civil law at McGill University. The work focused on the civil law and its relation to the French tradition. It continues to be cited by the courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada, where Mignault later served as a justice from 1918 to 1929.
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Pierre-Basile Mignault (1854-1945) was a Canadian lawyer and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, born in Worcester, Massachusetts, to a French-Canadian physician father and Irish mother, whose family relocated to Montreal in his childhood.
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He later returned to McGill as a professor of civil law.
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Pierre-Basile Mignault (September 30, 1854, October 15, 1945) was a Canadian lawyer and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
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Wikidata Q3382882, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1854
Wikidata Q3382882, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
P569 (date of birth): 1854-09-30
Wikidata Q3382882, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 1945
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P570 (date of death): 1945-10-15
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P19 (place of birth): Worcester
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P20 (place of death): Montreal
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