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Definition of Carte blanche
1. Noun. Complete freedom or authority to act.
Definition of Carte blanche
1. Noun. Unlimited discretionary power to act; unrestricted authority ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carte Blanche
Literary usage of Carte blanche
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Under the Old Flag: Recollections of Military Operations in the War for the by James Harrison Wilson (1912)
"... command—Join Sherman at Gaylesville— Hearty welcome and carte blanche—But
little confidence in cavalry—Conversations with Sherman—Fit out Kilpatrick for ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Each carte blanche, taking precedence of all other scores, ... Thus, a player
showing carte blanche, and having point and quint, both good, would repique ..."
3. Letters of Charles Dickens to Wilkie Collins by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Georgina Hogarth (1891)
"remember that Wills with carte blanche, and I with open arms, await you.
Ever affect'ly, CD Gad's Hill Place, Higham by Rochester, Kent, Tuesday, ..."
4. Memoirs and Correspondence of Viscount Castlereagh, Second Marquess of by Robert Stewart Castlereagh (1850)
"What then is a carte blanche ? There is a story of a French paper having been
read by a person arrived from France, stating a battle at Lodi, ..."
5. A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases, and Maxims: With an Explanatory by Frederic Jesup Stimson, Harvey Cortlandt Voorhees (1911)
"... carte blanche—CASUS carte blanche, fr. A white sheet of paper; a blank instrument.
Used of a signature, given with authority to superscribe as desired. ..."
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