Few legal officers of the French régime can have performed as many different functions, within the judicature itself, as Michel Lepallieur. Yet he did not start on his career until he was about 44 years old. ###>Peu d’officiers de justice du régime français auront rempli autant de tâches diverses, au sein de la judicature, que Michel Lepallieur. Pourtant, il n’entreprit sa carrière qu’à l’âge de 44 ans environ.