laisser passer
Example Sentences
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Barriers occurred frequently placed slantwise across the roads, where sentries stood with fixed bayonets, and through which no one could pass unless the laisser passer was produced.
From Fanny Goes to War by Pat Beauchamp Washington
Restrained within its natural limits, the famous laisser faire and laisser passer of the Physiocrates deserves even to-day our respect and our confidence.
From Principles Of Political Economy by John J. (John Joseph) Lalor
We are all named in the laisser passer.
From The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 by Louis Tracy
A letter from one of the authorities, which was a species of unofficial laisser passer, was read, and then a sort of council of war was held about what ought to be done with me.
From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Henry Labouchere
The laisser faire and laisser passer of economists is, in no way, like the absolute formula, which some have denounced and others sought to utilize, as relieving authority of all care and all intervention.
From Principles Of Political Economy by John J. (John Joseph) Lalor
