 In this way, the "Grand Conseil" slowly developed an internal structure similar to other sovereign courts of the realm.By the end of the Ancien Régime, the court consisted of a first president, eight presidents, 48 consellors, a prosecutor ("procureur général"), several attorneys (an ""avocat général" and eight substitutes), and various secretaries, baillifs and scribes.The "Grand Conseil" was permanently situated in Paris from the reign of Henry II on; its exact location varied over time