In the latest form, and from the estates of 1484 onwards, this was done by a new and special procedure. The Estates had become an entirely elective assembly, and at the elections (at each step of the election if there were several) the electors drew up a "cahier de doléances" (statement of grievances), which they requested the deputies to present. This even appeared to be the most important feature of an election. The deputies of each order in every "bailliage" also brought with them a "cahier des doléances", arrived at, for the third estate, by a combination of statements drawn up by the primary or secondary electors. On the assembly of the estates the "cahiers" of the "bailliages" were incorporated into a "cahier" for each "gouvernement", and these again into a "cahier general" or general statement, which was presented to the king, and which he answered in his council. When the three orders deliberated in common, as in 1484, there was only one "cahier général"; when they deliberated separately, there were three, one for each order. The drawing up of the "cahier general" was looked upon as the main business ("le grand cause") of the session.