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lettre de cachet

let·tre de ca·chet [ lèttrə də kaa sháy ] (plural let·tres de ca·chet [ lèttrə də kaa sháy ])


noun 
Definition:
 
royal warrant to imprison somebody: a letter sealed with the royal seal authorizing the arrest and indefinite imprisonment of somebody who has offended the monarch

[Early 18th century. < French, "letter of seal"]
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