See also: arret

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Etymology edit

From French arrêt.

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arrêt (plural arrêts)

  1. (now historical) A formal sentence of the King or Parliament of France; hence, a decree, a ruling.
    • 1790, Helen Maria Williams, Letters Written in France, Broadview, published 2002, page 123:
      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.
    • 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
      ‘Prior Aymer,’ said the Templar, ‘you are a man of gallantry, learned in the study of beauty, and as expert as a troubadour in all matters concerning the arrets of love [] .’

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"Arrêt" on a sign in Québec

Etymology edit

From arrêter.

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arrêt m (plural arrêts)

  1. stopping, checking, arrest (in development, growth, machinery etc.)
  2. stop (place)
  3. (law) judgment, ruling
  4. safety catch, stop button
  5. (field hockey or ice hockey) stop, save

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