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Significats de letter of mark and reprisal en anglès

portuguès
carta de corso

A license to a private citizen to seize property of another nation.

        carta de corso
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        Examples for "letter of marque"
        Examples for "letter of marque"
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        Of course we are really a trader, though we do carry a letter of marque.
        Held Fast For England: A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83...
        2
        You equipped your own brig with a letter of marque, and sailed it yourself off Jamaica.
        The Unspeakable Gentleman
        3
        Her commission or letter of marque of course protected her, but when she was inward-bound that circumstance carried no weight.
        The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore
        4
        Stevenson, I am an Englishman, and Hurry Brothers did not get a letter of marque for this ship for nothing.
        Foster's Letter of Marque: A Tale of Old Sydney / 1901
        5
        As the letter of marque drew still nigher, Israel heard the officer in command of the party ashore shouting, To the castle!
        Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile
        1
        He sailed where he would under letters of marque from the Presidents.
        A Handbook of the Boer War / With General Map of South Africa an...
        2
        To them I would issue letters of marque, to harry England's trade.
        Richard Carvel — Volume 08
        3
        He furnished these young mutineers with ships and money and letters of marque.
        Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts
        4
        What protection is afforded by letters of marque and reprisal?
        Studies in Civics
        5
        Will you give them letters of marque and reprisal to pay themselves by force?
        The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10)
        Ús de letter of mark and reprisal en anglès
        1
        The Council of Caledonia, in great indignation, issued letters of mark and reprisal against Spanish vessels.
        The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ...
        Translations for letter of mark and reprisal
        portuguès
        carta de corso