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Those arrets, among other advantages, admit our whale oils to the exclusion of that of all other foreigners.

From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 1, part 1: George Washington by Richardson, James D. (James Daniel)

The dispute was compromised by a temporary union of the two companies, together with a variety of arrets and regulations, suited, it was thought, to restore tranquillity.

From Pioneers of France in the New World by Parkman, Francis

It might strengthen, too, the tenure by which those arrets are held, which must be precarious so long as they are gratuitous.

From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 1, part 1: George Washington by Richardson, James D. (James Daniel)

The second of the two arrets of Marly was designed to uphold the hands of those seigneurs who were trying to do right.

From The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism by Munro, William Bennett