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Letters of marque

Letters of marque, commissions for extraordinary reprisals for reparation to merchants taken and

Law of marque, means a rule of reprisal allowing one who has been

letter of marque see letter

Marque, law of, a reprisal entitling one who has been wronged

guardianship] letter of attorney : power of attorney letter of marque [-mÄ rk] [Anglo-French mark, marque right of retaliation, from Middle

sovereign power to cruise against the enemy See Letters of marque under Marque

A license of reprisals See Marque

A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction or boundary of a country for the purpose of making reprisals

so far as those powers are concerned. See LETTERS OF MARQUE, PRIZE OF WAR. Capture, is a taking by an enemy

to be binding must be real. (See also LETTERS OF MARQUE and PAPER BLOCKADES.)