Antoine Dadin de Hauteserre

Who was Antoine Dadin de Hauteserre?

Antoine Dadin de Hauteserre was a French jurist. He was also referred to as Dadinus Alteserra, Dadino Alteserra or D'Autreserre.

Born in Cahors, Dadin de Hauteserre taught law at the University of Toulouse from 1644 on and distinguished himself in civil and canon law. The church awarded him a pension as a reward of his defence of ecclesiastical jurisdiction.

Dadin de Hauteserre's principal work was De fictionibus iuris. His confutation of Charles Fevret's De abusu, in which he defended the church, was published in 1778 at the earliest.