Regulations read out in the Grands-Jours during the 1780s

(the arrêts cited are from the Parlement of Dijon unless otherwise stated)

Do not swear or blaspheme (royal ordinances of 1560, 1566, 1606, 1666).

Do not work on Sundays or holidays without permission from the lord, his officers, or the priest (arrêt of 12 Dec. 1697).

No dances or public games without permission of the lord or his officers.

No gambling or games of chance, even disguised. Threat of arbitrary fines. All debts contracted for gambling are null and void (royal ordinance of 1629, arrêts of 1710, 1730, 1732, 1774).

No lotteries to be held (300-livre fine and confiscation) (arrêt of 8 Aug. 1775).

Inhabitants are not to go to cabarets within one league of their domicile. Cabaretiers are not to serve locals. The owners will be fined 50 livres and are to be responsible for the fines of misbehaving locals they served.

No gatherings at the time of weddings. Fifty-livre fine for anyone carrying a gun around the time of a wedding. Cannot force the couple to pay anything (arrêts of 1705, 1718).

No gatherings on roads and in public places. No insults, mistreatment, or hindering of those who do commerce in grain and flour (arrêt of 1775).

No carrying of arms.

No hunting or trapping (arrêts of 1716, 1731, 1740, 1766, 1767, 1768).

When wolves are seen, the officers of the local court are to assemble the community and organize a hunt. The guns are to be distributed to men between twenty and sixty years old (arrêt of 1766).