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arret

arret is the alternative form 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

Forms of arret

pluralarrets

Origin of arret

Borrowed from French arrêt.

Questions about arret

What is arret the alternative form of?
Arret is the alternative form of arrêt.

Words near arret in the dictionary

  1. arrestment
  2. arrestments
  3. arrestor
  4. arrestors
  5. arrests
  6. arret
  7. Arretine
  8. Arretines
  9. Arreton
  10. arrets
  11. arrey

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