Definition of Marqoe
Marque. See Letter of Marque.
- Wikipedia
Marque (?), n. [F. marque, in
lettre de marque letter of marque, a commission with which the
commandant of every armed vessel was obliged to be provided, under
penalty of being considered a pirate or corsair; marque here
prob. meaning, border, boundary (the letter of marque being a
permission to go beyond the border), and of German origin. See
March border.] (Law) A license to pass the limits
of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of
making reprisals.
Letters of marque, Letters of marque and
reprisal, a license or extraordinary commission granted
by a government to a private person to fit out a privateer or armed
ship to cruise at sea and make prize of the enemy's ships and
merchandise. The ship so commissioned is sometimes called a letter
of marque.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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