LETTER OF MARQUE


Meaning of LETTER OF MARQUE in English

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 .

[ 1400-50; late ME ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .