Jules Van Dievoet


Jules Van Dievoet was a Belgian jurist and Supreme Court advocate.
He was the son of Augustus Van Dievoet, jurist, lawyer, historian and Latin writer.

Biography

He married Marguerite Anspach, daughter of Jules Anspach, burgomaster of the City of Brussels.
After studying at the Athénée de Bruxelles and studying at the Faculty of Law of the Free University of Brussels, where he obtained his doctorate in law with distinction in 1865, he was destined for the career of a lawyer.
After an internship at Louis Leclercq, he was sworn in as a lawyer on 18 August 1865. He was appointed barrister at the Court of Cassation by Royal Decree of 31 December 1880, replacing Auguste Orts, who had died.
He was president of the Bar of Cassation from 1900 to 1902.
He was a member of the circle of influence known as La Table Ronde which consisted of 20 personalities who "seem to have been men of confidence of Leopold II".

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