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Meaning of "letter of marque"
letter of marque: A letter of marque is an official government license that allows a person or ship to engage in acts of piracy against enemy vessels during wartime.
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- 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.
- A ship that has been armed for such a task.
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He appears not to have acquired a letter of marque.
Letter of marque and reprisal.
Neither appears to have sailed under a letter of marque.
The letter of marque is what distinguished a privateer from a pirate.
I expect you will be wanting to see me letter of marque.
Jennings has his letter of marque and is off the leash.
A change of master meant the necessity of a new letter of marque.
A letter of marque and reprisal in effect converted a private merchant vessel into a naval auxiliary.
Wade acquired a letter of marque.
A letter of marque came from the King.
It is not clear whether she sailed under a letter of marque or not.
He had a letter of marque from Spain.
Their licence was issued in the form of a letter of marque and reprisal.
Letter of Marque.
Sinclair continued to trade under a letter of marque for some time thereafter.
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His letter of marque had been issued on 5 September.
That day Robertson also acquired a letter of marque.
See also Letter of marque.
The next day Bradford acquired a letter of marque.
He received a letter of marque on 4 December.
His notable solidarity with our cause is not a Letter of Marque.
However, a British letter of marque had driven Benjamin off.
However, even before her listing she had received a letter of marque.
She had letter of marque 1.
This license is called a Letter of Marque.
A good sized fleet, and a letter of marque from the Crown. Jennings needs two things:.
He secured his ship Retribution 's letter of marque.
The Letter of marque expired in 1808 whereupon Azopardo retired from the privateering business.
If true, such action would perhaps have been illegal because Barton possessed a letter of marque.
He acquired a letter of marque on 10 March.
They then fight the Spanish under the Crown's official license, known as a letter of marque.
He acquired a letter of marque on 20 July.
Eleven days later, Meleager captured the Antelope, a Spanish schooner Letter of Marque.
He received a letter of marque on 10 October.
Applying for, and legal effect of, letter of marque.
In 1692, Thomas Tew obtained a letter of marque from the Governor of Bermuda.
She then traded as a merchantman before in 1810 receiving a letter of marque.
Captain Thomas Mortimer acquired a letter of marque on 1 August.
After the outbreak of the War of 1812 she acquired a letter of marque.
Then Captain Robert Curling received a letter of marque on 9 August.
Prior to leaving on his third slaving voyage, " Crowe " received a letter of marque on 28 August.
Here, on 14 May, she captured the Spanish letter of marque Felix.
In 1636, Elfrith resumed privateering upon receiving a letter of marque from the PIC.
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