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arrêts

arrêts is the plural of arrêt.

Meaning of arrêt

Noun

arrêt (plural arrêts)

  1. (historical) A formal sentence of the King or Parliament of France; hence, a decree, a ruling.
    • His father now shewed him an arret, which, on the fourth of June, 1776, he had obtained from the parliament of Rouen against his marriage.1790, Helen Maria Williams, Letters Written in France, Broadview, published 2002, page 123

Questions about arrêts

What is arrêts the plural of?
Arrêts is the plural of arrêt.

Words near arrêts in the dictionary

  1. arrythmogenic
  2. arrythmogenicity
  3. arrythymogenic
  4. arré
  5. arrêt
  6. arrêts
  7. ars
  8. ars antiqua
  9. ars gratia artis
  10. ars nova
  11. ARSA

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