Definition of lettre de cachet Lettre de cachet

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What does lettre de cachet mean?

Noun
lettre de cachet - a warrant formerly issued by a French king who could warrant imprisonment or death in a signed letter under his seal
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		warrant a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts

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lettre de cachet (Noun)
A warrant issued by the monarch in ancien régime France, especially one which imprisons someone without trial.

lettre de cachet
(Fr.). An infamous state paper, which existed before the French revolution, which was sealed, and the person upon whom it was served carried into confinement without ever seeing the authority by which he was hurried off in so peremptory a manner, or being tried afterwards for any specific offense. It was always written by the king, countersigned by one of his principal secretaries of state, and sealed with the royal signet.

lettre de cachet in sign language