HyperDic: lettre_de_cachet

English > 1 sense of the expression lettre de cachet:
NOUNcommunicationlettre de cachet, cacheta warrant formerly issued by a French king who could warrant imprisonment or death in a signed letter under his seal
English > lettre de cachet: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningA warrant formerly issued by a French king who could warrant imprisonment or death in a signed letter under his seal.
Synonymcachet
Categorylaw, jurisprudenceThe collection of rules imposed by authority
BroaderwarrantA writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts

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