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Definition of Letter of marque

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

Definition of Letter of marque

1. Noun. 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 ¹

2. Noun. (nautical) a ship that has been armed for such a task ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Letter Of Marque

Literary usage of Letter of marque

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1910)
"In the former case, if the owner or owners, commander, master, or other persons having the command of the letter of marque, or privateer, be guilty of any ..."

2. Publications of the Navy Records Society by Navy Records Society (Great Britain) (1894)
"letter of marque.—A dm. Ct. Letter of Marque Declarations ... that we would cause to be issued forth a commission or letter of marque unto Birchman Pillans, ..."

3. A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to the Present by Arthur Stedman, Edmund Clarence Stedman (1894)
"~VT7~E had sailed out a Letter of Marque, • * Fourteen guns and forty men; And a costly freight our gallant barque Was bearing home again. ..."

4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia by John Bouvier, Francis Rawle (1914)
"letter of marque AND REPRISAL. A commission granted by the government to a private individual, to take the property of a foreign state, or of the citizens ..."

5. A Naval History of the American Revolution by Gardner Weld Allen (1913)
"On the Banks of Newfoundland he captured a letter of marque brig. He pursued his voyage, but unluckily fell in with a large British fleet of men- of-war and ..."

6. A Treatise on the Law of Insurance by Willard Phillips (1823)
"The question whether taking a letter of marque is, in itself, Byrom, 6 T. a deviation, has come before the Supreme Court of Massachu- R- 379. sells. ..."

7. The Gentleman's Magazine (1813)
"Dundas, of HMS Pyramus, dated April 20, mentions the capture of the American letter of marque Zebra, of 10 gum and 38 men, from Bourdeaux to New York, ..."

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