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I know of a couple of non-native-English-speakers who have used it almost in that Middle English sense, which we don't do
One of the delights of living in a constitutional monarchy is the survival of archaic forms of language. On the inside of my passport it says: "The Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in and over New Zealand requests and requires in the name of Her Majesty the Queen all whom it may concern to allow the bearer to pass freely without let or hindrance." I have loved the phrase "without let or hindrance" ever since I first saw it.
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