laisser passer

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At the station at Dunkirk, when I admitted I had no laisser passer, an obliging gendarme led me to his commander, and he placed his visée on my passport without question.

From World's War Events, Vol. I by Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)

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 Lalor, John J. (John Joseph)

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 Washington, Pat Beauchamp

We are all named in the laisser passer.

From The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 by Tracy, Louis

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 Lalor, John J. (John Joseph)