lettre de cachet
noun
let·tre de ca·chet
ˈle-trə-də-ˌka-ˈshā
plural lettres de cachet
ˈle-trə(z)-də-ˌka-ˈshā
: a letter bearing an official seal and usually authorizing imprisonment without trial of a named person
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