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arrêt

American  
[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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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

Arles had its court of love, more splendid than now, and its arrêt d’amour was more binding than the charms of the brightest eyes that shine in Provence to-day.

From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 by Various

For on his face, regarded in and by itself, is indicated the ground tone of all his thoughts and efforts, the arrêt irrevocable of his future, and of which he is only conscious when alone.

From Essays of Schopenhauer by Schopenhauer, Arthur

And in 1670, an arrêt du Conseil encouraged "les marriages des garçons et des filles du Canada."

From The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Roger, Charles

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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