But when I told them that the Conseil d'Etat was not a judicial body, in the common sense of the term, but an administrative council composed of men dependent on the Crown, so that the king, after having ordered one of his servants, called a Prefect, to commit an injustice, has the power of commanding another of his servants, called a Councillor of State, to prevent the former from being punished;
Baina Estatu Kontseilua, hitzaren ohiko zentzuan, gorputz judizial bat ez zela ulertarazten saiatzen nintzen, gorputz administratibo bat baizik, kontseilukideak erregearen menpe zeudelarik; izan ere, erregeak bere zerbitzarietako bati, prefektu delakoari, bidegabekeria bat egiteko subiranoki agindu ondoren, beste zerbitzarietako bati, estatu-kontseilari zeritzanari, lehenengoaren zigorra eragozteko agindu ziezaiokeen subiranoki;