CACHET, LETTRES DE
Categories: Criminal Law
Definition (1910 Edition)
lIetters issued and signed by the kings of France, and countersigned by a secretary of state, authorizing the imprisonment of a persou. Abollished during the revolution of 1789.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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