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Lettres de Cachet - letters with a seal. The usual form was a letter to the Governor of a prison instructing him to detain a named person at His Majesty's pleasure. The King used them himself and also granted them (or sold them) to members of the Nobility. This was, as you may imagine, much resented by the general public.

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