The administrative system of eighteenth-century France before the Revolution
a. included overlapping systems of Roman and feudal law.
b. was administered by competent officials selected by merit.
c. utilized a standard system of weights and measures to facilitate trade.
d. prompted the admiration of the philosophes.
e. had an efficient judicial system.
a
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