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Noun: lettre de cachet  ,le-tru-du'ka-shey
  1. (law) a warrant formerly issued by a French king who could warrant imprisonment or death in a signed letter under his seal
    "The nobleman fell out of favour and was imprisoned by a lettre de cachet";
    - cachet

Derived forms: lettres de cachet

Type of: warrant

Encyclopedia: Lettre de cachet