lettre de cachet

Noun

historical

(now historical) A warrant issued by the monarch in ancien régime France, especially one which imprisons someone without trial.

Japanese Meaning

（歴史的用語）旧制度フランスにおいて、君主が発行し、審問なしに個人の拘禁を命じる令状。

反対者が撤回を拒むと、国王はひそかに彼を審理なしで地方の牢獄に送る王の勅許状を発した。

Sense（1）

(now historical) A warrant issued by the monarch in ancien régime France, especially one which imprisons someone without trial.

I lost my temper, and spoke so irreverently of the Grand Monarque, that the next morning I was sent to the Bastile, by virtue of a Lettre de Cachet.

lettres de cachet

（ plural ）