Definition of Letters of marque. Meaning of Letters of marque. Synonyms of Letters of marque

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Letters of marque. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Letters of marque and, of course, Letters of marque synonyms and on the right images related to the word Letters of marque.

Definition of Letters of marque

No result for Letters of marque. Showing similar results...

Meaning of Letters of marque from wikipedia

- A letter of marque and reprisal (French: lettre de marque; lettre de course) was a government license in the Age of Sail that authorized a private person...
- as letters of marque, during wartime. The commission empowered the holder to carry on all forms of hostility permissible at sea by the usages of war...
- letters of marque appear to have been issued to the same vessel, which however was neither the first letter of marque nor the hired armed cutter of the...
- was featured in singer Marques Houston's video for "Favorite Girl," and launched her own lingerie line called Letters of Marque. Between 2005 and 2007...
- force would commonly be allotted a share of the worth of the captured prize. Nations often granted letters of marque that would entitle private parties to...
- Davy Jones in exchange for Beckett's signature on the Letters of Marque. Beckett signs the Letters, which grant Norrington a full pardon and promote him...
- to issue letters of marque and called a special session of Congress on April 29 to formally authorize the hiring of privateers in the name of the Confederate...
- under a Dutch letter of marque which brought the first Africans to the English colony of Virginia in 1619, a year before the arrival of the Mayflower in New...
- United States Constitution of 1787 specifically authorized Congress to issue letters of marque and reprisal. The letter of marque and reprisal was recognized...
- now authorised to issue letters of marque against the Dutch. Many of the privateers, including Morgan, did not take up the letters, although an expedition...