| 释义 |
Definition of letter of marque in English: letter of marquenoun usually letters of marquehistorical 1A licence to fit out an armed vessel and use it in the capture of enemy merchant shipping and to commit acts which would otherwise have constituted piracy. Example sentencesExamples - If, for example, a French vessel seized a British ship, then a letter of marque could be granted that would allow the legal seizure of an item of like value from any French vessel on the high seas.
- It is conducted by individual ships (naval warships or privately owned ships armed with guns and authorized by government letters of marque to engage in legal privateering) or small squadrons.
- Semi-official entrepreneurs, carrying government-signed letters of marque and reprisal, and known as privateers, also were a significant force in commerce raiding up until the nineteenth century.
- Privateering involved the issuing of letters of marque by a supposedly legitimate authority, but they were not always choosy about the grantees.
- Her business and diplomatic skills proved crucial after a raid on the Catholic-led colony early in 1645 by a ship captain armed with letters of marque from England's Protestant Parliament.
- 1.1 A ship carrying a letter of marque.
Origin Late Middle English: Law French marque, from Old French marque 'right of reprisal'. Definition of letter of marque in US English: letter of marquenounˌletər əv ˈmärk usually letters of marquehistorical 1A license to fit out an armed vessel and use it in the capture of enemy merchant shipping and to commit acts which would otherwise have constituted piracy. Example sentencesExamples - Her business and diplomatic skills proved crucial after a raid on the Catholic-led colony early in 1645 by a ship captain armed with letters of marque from England's Protestant Parliament.
- Semi-official entrepreneurs, carrying government-signed letters of marque and reprisal, and known as privateers, also were a significant force in commerce raiding up until the nineteenth century.
- It is conducted by individual ships (naval warships or privately owned ships armed with guns and authorized by government letters of marque to engage in legal privateering) or small squadrons.
- Privateering involved the issuing of letters of marque by a supposedly legitimate authority, but they were not always choosy about the grantees.
- If, for example, a French vessel seized a British ship, then a letter of marque could be granted that would allow the legal seizure of an item of like value from any French vessel on the high seas.
- 1.1 A ship carrying a letter of marque.
Origin Late Middle English: Law French marque, from Old French marque ‘right of reprisal’. |