B.C.L.
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After the required lapse of time Mr. Pelletier passed such a creditable examination that the University, on the 15th of September, 1858, conferred on him the degree of B.C.L.
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He distinguished himself highly at this seat of learning, and graduated as a B.C.L.
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He was educated first at L'Assomption College, and subsequently at McGill University, where he took his degree of B.C.L. in 1864.
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Apparently he was educated at Oxford, and in 1661 was appointed registrar and scribe to the diocese of Chester, and the same year he proceeded to the degree of B.C.L. of Christ Church, Oxford.
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B.C.L., bachelor of civil law.
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