A license to a private citizen to seize property of another nation.
Governmental authorization of privateering.
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Examples for "letters of marque"
Examples for "letters of marque"
1He sailed where he would under letters of marque from the Presidents.
2To them I would issue letters of marque, to harry England's trade.
3He furnished these young mutineers with ships and money and letters of marque.
4What protection is afforded by letters of marque and reprisal?
5Will you give them letters of marque and reprisal to pay themselves by force?
1The Council of Caledonia, in great indignation, issued letters of mark and reprisal against Spanish vessels.
1Of course we are really a trader, though we do carry a letter of marque.
2You equipped your own brig with a letter of marque, and sailed it yourself off Jamaica.
3Her commission or letter of marque of course protected her, but when she was inward-bound that circumstance carried no weight.
4Stevenson, I am an Englishman, and Hurry Brothers did not get a letter of marque for this ship for nothing.
5As the letter of marque drew still nigher, Israel heard the officer in command of the party ashore shouting, To the castle!
6Lady Maccon flipped through the various stacks of papers and rolls of parchments inside her case, looking for her muhjah letter of marque.
7It would be a new form of electronic search warrant, an "electronic letter of marque" to be issued by a judge.
8The negotiations dragged on for more than two years, and were complicated by disputes growing out of the captures made under letter of marque.
9He sailed where he would under letters of marque from the Presidents.
10To them I would issue letters of marque, to harry England's trade.
11He furnished these young mutineers with ships and money and letters of marque.
12Letters of Marque, against France, asked by President Jackson, 420.
13What protection is afforded by letters of marque and reprisal?
14Will you give them letters of marque and reprisal to pay themselves by force?
15On the 17th the President of the Confederacy authorized the issue of letters of marque.
16The English have declared war against the Dutch and granted letters of marque and reprisals.
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