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arrêt

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[uh-ray, -ret] / əˈreɪ, -ˈrɛt /

noun

arrêts plural
  1. a judgment, sentence, or decree issued by a civil court or a sovereign.


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Déjà l'aube rayonne et luit,   La nuit   Finit;   Maîtresse,   L'heure enchanteresse   Passe et fuit…   A ton arrêt je dois me rendre.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 by Various

Ce dernier arrêt fut rendu sur le rapport du célèbre économiste Turgot.”—Robiquet, quoted by Marmocchi, p.

From Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. by Forester, Thomas

He had never been a strong man, and at fifty-three he received, at his doctor's hands, his arrêt de mort.

From Amiel's Journal by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

The new Parliament has dared to remonstrate against a declaration obtained by the Chancellor for setting aside an arrêt of 1762, occasioned by the excommunication of Parma.

From Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume II by Walpole, Horace

En vieillissant, le temps passe de plus en plus vite et vous entraîne d'une course vertigineuse vers le Grand Inconnu! sans arrêt, sans repos, sans pitié.

From Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science by Mackinlay, M. (Malcolm) Sterling

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