LETTRES DE CACHET
\lˈɛtəz də kˈaʃe͡ɪ], \lˈɛtəz də kˈaʃeɪ], \l_ˈɛ_t_ə_z d_ə k_ˈa_ʃ_eɪ]\
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[Fr.] In France, before the Revolution, letters under the private seal [cachet] of the king, used at first to interfere with the ordinary course of justice, and afterwards for the illegal detention of citizens.
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[Fr.] Sealed letters, especially of a royal order for the imprisonment, etc., of an obnoxious person.
By Henry Percy Smith
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