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51marque and reprisal — A commission by which the head of a government authorizes a private ship to capture enemy vessels. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. marque and reprisal A commission by whi …
52Letters of marque and reprisal — Marque Marque, n. [F. marque, in lettre de marque letter of marque, a commission with which the commandant of every armed vessel was obliged to be provided, under penalty of being considered a pirate or corsair; marque here prob. meaning, border …
53marque and reprisal — See letters of marque and reprisal …
54letters of marque and reprisal — see letters of marque * * * letters of marque or letters of marque and reprisal, an official document giving a person permission from a government to capture the merchant ships of an enemy; marque …
55controlled reprisal — Not to be used. See controlled response …
56letter of marque and reprisal — An authorization formerly granted in time of war by a government to the owner of a private vessel to capture enemy vessels and goods on the high seas. Art. I, Sec. 8 of U.S.Const. The signatory powers to the Declaration of Paris in 1856 agreed to …
57letter of marque and reprisal — An authorization formerly granted in time of war by a government to the owner of a private vessel to capture enemy vessels and goods on the high seas. Art. I, Sec. 8 of U.S.Const. The signatory powers to the Declaration of Paris in 1856 agreed to …
58letters of marque and reprisal — A commission issued during a state of war by one of the belligerent governments authorizing a privateer to attack the ships and seize the property of a hostile nation on the high seas. See 41 Am J1st Pir § 2 …
59letter of mark and reprisal — noun a license to a private citizen to seize property of another nation • Syn: ↑letter of marque, ↑letters of marque • Hypernyms: ↑license, ↑licence, ↑permit …
60writ of reprisal — withernam 2 …