lettre-de-cachet

He had summoned the Parliament by a 'lettre-de-cachet': they repaired to the Tuileries in a procession on foot, dressed in scarlet robes, hoping by this display to excite the people in their favour; but the mob only called out, "Where are these lobsters going?"

The Entire Memoirs of Louis XIV and the Regency d'Orleans, Charlotte -Elisabeth, duchesse 2001

She came, but her lover followed and recovered her; at length she was torn from him by a lettre-de-cachet, and taken from his arms to a house of correction.

The Entire Memoirs of Louis XIV and the Regency d'Orleans, Charlotte -Elisabeth, duchesse 2001

For this reason my son had a company of the footguard placed on Sunday morning at the entrance of the palace to prevent their assembling; and, at the same time, he addressed a letter to the Premier - President, and to the Parliament a 'lettre-de-cachet', ordering them to repair to Pontoise to hold their sittings.

The Entire Memoirs of Louis XIV and the Regency d'Orleans, Charlotte -Elisabeth, duchesse 2001

Premier-President, and to the Parliament a 'lettre-de-cachet', ordering them to repair to Pontoise to hold their sittings.

Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete Various

He had summoned the Parliament by a 'lettre-de-cachet': they repaired to the Tuileries in a procession on foot, dressed in scarlet robes, hoping by this display to excite the people in their favour; but the mob only called out, "Where are these lobsters going?"

Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete Various

Pursue him to the Bastile, or the dismal dungeon in the country to which a lettre-de-cachet conveys him, and buries him for life: there see him in all his misery; ask him 'What is the cause?'

The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1 Various

She came, but her lover followed and recovered her; at length she was torn from him by a lettre-de-cachet, and taken from his arms to a house of correction.

Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete Various

"By virtue of this _lettre-de-cachet_; you see, madame, signed by the minister of police."

The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 Various

Meanwhile your lettre-de-cachet is on the road, and presently Gaston, too, is trapped and murdered.

Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes James Branch Cabell 1918

There was an old commission in the musketeers, signed by Louis XIII; letters from Madame de Longueville; an unsigned _lettre-de-cachet_; an accounting of the revenues of the various chateaus; and a long envelope, yellow with age.

The Grey Cloak Harold MacGrath 1901