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lettre de cachet

French term for an order signed by the king and closed with his seal (cachet); especially an order under which persons might be imprisoned or banished without trial. Lettres de cachet were used as a means of disposing of political opponents or criminals of high birth. The system was abolished during the French Revolution.



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