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Definition of Letters of marque
1. Noun. A license to a private citizen to seize property of another nation.
Generic synonyms: Licence, License, Permit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Letters Of Marque
Literary usage of Letters of marque
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Papers of Lewis Morris, Governor of the Province of New Jersey from 1738 by Lewis Morris, William Adee Whitehead (1852)
"... FROM LORDS OF THE ADMIRALTY TO ISSUE letters of marque. • By the Comm" for
Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain and Ireland, d'c. ..."
2. Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson by Gideon Welles (1911)
"VII Closing Hours of Congress — A Call from Senator Dixon — Proposed Issue of
Letters of Marque— Delay in the Attack on Charleston — Impending War with ..."
3. The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar, to the Revolution by David Hume (1811)
"North, for granting letters of marque and reprisals against CHAP. In the beginning
of February, a bill was introduced by lord 1777 American ships, ..."
4. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1862)
"GRANTING letters of marque. NAVY DEPARTMENT, ) WASHINGTON ... inquiring whether
letters of marque cannot be furnished for the propeller "Pembroke," which is ..."
5. A Digest of the International Law of the United States: Taken from Documents by Francis Wharton (1887)
"This would seem to be lawful and perhaps not liable to the objections of granting
letters of marque against our own citizens, and that, too, without law or ..."
6. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England by John Campbell Campbell (1845)
"Chancery, which we should have expected to find reserved CHAP. for the King's
executive government, viz. the power of ' granting letters of marque and ..."
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