dernier ressort
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If the Military kept whittling down our rations, if we were to be permitted only to nibble like so many birds, the vegetables might one day serve as a dernier ressort.
From The Siege of Kimberley by Phelan, T.
He begged, however, that he might not be called upon to take office except as a dernier ressort, a necessity.
From The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from her Majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861 Volume 2, 1844-1853 by Benson, Arthur Christopher
If they are deemed unlawful, unjust, and oppressive, first appealing to judicial supervision and all lawful means for relief and protection—revolution the dernier ressort.
From A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead by Helleberg, C. G. (Carl Gustaf)
Resort′er, a frequenter.—Last resort, the last means of relief, the final tribunal—the French dernier ressort.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
Let Christian Scientists minister to the sick; the school- room is the dernier ressort.
From Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 by Eddy, Mary Baker
