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letter of marque

 
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–noun
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.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME
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letters of marque  
pl.n.  

  1. A document issued by a nation allowing a private citizen to seize citizens or goods of another nation.

  2. A document issued by a nation allowing a private citizen to equip a ship with arms in order to attack enemy ships.


[Middle English letters of mark, from Old French marque, mark, seizure, reprisal; see marquetry.]
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Main Entry: letter of marque
see LETTER 2
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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