When in September 1788, the noble-controlled Parlement of Paris ruled that the forthcoming Estates General should meet as three separate orders, the Third Estate saw this as:

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The ruling by the Parlement of Paris was seen as an unprovoked class insult by the nobility against the Third Estate because it effectively maintained the traditional, unequal power structure, ensuring that the Third Estate (which represented the common people and was the largest group) would remain outvoted by the combined clergy and nobility, despite representing a vast majority of the French population.

When in September 1788, the Noble-Controlled Parlement of Paris Ruled