bordereau
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Etymology
Origin of bordereau
1895–1900; < French, equivalent to bord edge ( see border) + -ereau; see -rel
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Marie-Georges Picquart stumbled on evidence that the real spy was Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, a commandant whose handwriting did indeed match that of the bordereau, and who did indeed need money to cover huge debts.
From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2010
Pro-Boers refuse to recognise this point, as did M. Cavaignac when, in his speech of July 7th, 1898, he abandoned the "bordereau" to substitute for it the Henry forgery.
From Boer Politics by Guyot, Yves
By a strange coincidence it happened that the handwriting of the bordereau somewhat resembled that of a brilliant young Jewish officer of the General Staff named Alfred Dreyfus.
From A History of the Third French Republic by Wright, C. H. C. (Charles Henry Conrad)
Demange devoted himself to proving that Dreyfus was not the author of the bordereau, but the members of the court-martial, believing in the genuineness of the additional documents, unhesitatingly convicted him of treason.
From A History of the Third French Republic by Wright, C. H. C. (Charles Henry Conrad)
The President of the Salamander had been in the building during most of the past twenty-four hours, taking off the lines in the burned district on a special bordereau.
From White Ashes by Kennedy, Sidney R. (Sidney Robinson)
Either the German and Italian governments will now publish or not publish all the details of their transactions—give the exact documents meant by the bordereaux and the exact names of the French traitors.
From The Letters of William James, Vol. II by James, William
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