CARTS-Blanche, a sort of white paper, signed at the bottom with a person's name, and sometimes also sealed with his seal, giving another person power to super-scribe what conditions he pleases. Much like this is the French blanc signe, a paper without writing, except a signature at the bottom, given by contending parties to arbitrators or friends, to fill up with the conditions they judge reasonable, in order to end the difference.
CARTS-Blanche
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