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- ...as a ship of war in naval engagements with the ships of another nation. A letter of marque would allow, for example, a private ship to engage a cargo ship and sink it ...s an authorization for private ships to arm themselves for self defense. A letter of marque authorizes the vessel to take offensive action against ships either of [[pi3 KB (484 words) - 09:42, 31 July 2023
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- ...ed, armed sea vessel with a governmental authorization, usually called a [[letter of marque and reprisal]], to raid foreign commerce as part of its nation's policy, us247 bytes (35 words) - 09:55, 23 June 2009
- ...as a ship of war in naval engagements with the ships of another nation. A letter of marque would allow, for example, a private ship to engage a cargo ship and sink it ...s an authorization for private ships to arm themselves for self defense. A letter of marque authorizes the vessel to take offensive action against ships either of [[pi3 KB (484 words) - 09:42, 31 July 2023
- ...r or captain would be given the authority, through a document known as a [[letter of marque]], to commit acts of war against enemy shipping. Privateers acted for profi300 bytes (47 words) - 11:19, 17 April 2009
- {{r|letter of marque}}147 bytes (19 words) - 11:34, 17 April 2009
- {{r|Letter of marque||**}}688 bytes (90 words) - 18:15, 19 August 2010
- While the usual phrasing of the framework for [[privateer]]ing is "letter of marque and reprisal", the idea of reprisal, or authorizing national merchant vesse8 KB (1,286 words) - 02:59, 21 March 2024
- * the power to grant [[letter of marque|letters of marque]]26 KB (4,027 words) - 16:10, 20 March 2023