Where up until now, they had been against the idea of the commoners entering their ranks (as shown by the Segur Ordinance) they were finally accepting of the fact that Academic Merit, rather than the position held by a man because of his birth, should be the requirements to hold certain offices (the offices included Military, Administrative and Venal Offices).
In the context of the French Revolution, a venal office refers to an office sold by the state to raise money.
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