letter of marque
1letter-of-marque — see under ↑marque2 • • • Main Entry: ↑letter letter of marqueˈ or letters of marqueˈ A privateer s licence to commit acts of hostility • • • Main Entry: ↑marque …
2letter of marque — see letter 2 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
3Letter of marque — For the Patrick O Brian novel, see The Letter of Marque. Letter of marque given to Captain Antoine Bollo via the ship owner Dominique Malfino from Genoa, owner of the Furet, a 15 tonne privateer, 27 February 1809 In the days of fighting sail, a… …
4letter of marque — license or commission granted by a state to a private citizen to capture and confiscate the merchant ships of another nation. Also, letters of marque. Also called letter of marque and reprisal, letters of marque and reprisal. [1400 50; late ME] * …
5letter of marque — noun licence or commission granted by a state to a private citizen to capture and confiscate merchant ships of another nation. Also, letter of marque and reprisal …
6letter of marque — noun a license to a private citizen to seize property of another nation • Syn: ↑letters of marque, ↑letter of mark and reprisal • Hypernyms: ↑license, ↑licence, ↑permit …
7letter of marque — noun historical a licence to fit out an armed vessel and use it in the capture of enemy merchant shipping and to commit acts which would otherwise have constituted piracy. Origin ME: Law Fr. marque, from OFr. marque right of reprisal …
8letter of marque — let′ter (or let′ters) of marque′ n. gov license granted by a state to a private citizen to capture and confiscate the merchant ships of another nation. Also called let′ter of marque′ and repris′al • Etymology: 1400–50 …
9letter of marque — noun a) an official commission from a government authorizing someone to seize the property or people of another nation; especially to attack merchant shipping of another nation b) a ship that has been …
10LETTER OF MARQUE — a commission to the captain of a merchant ship or a privateer to make reprisals on an enemy s ships or property …
