dernier ressort

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Should he, however, for any reasons, be unable, I am at your service as a dernier ressort.

From Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1 by Marchant, James

All facts connecting Lloyd with the case tend to his implication and guilt, and to prove that he adopted the dernier ressort of guilt— accusation and inculpation of another.

From The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) by Various

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

Of course the result cannot be very accurate, but is a dernier ressort.

From Due South or Cuba Past and Present by Ballou, Maturin Murray

The successor of this unknightly leader of the order was the Emperor Paul I., of Russia, who was chosen as a dernier ressort.

From The Story of Malta by Ballou, Maturin Murray