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Letter of Marque

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a license to a private citizen to seize property of another nation

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
letter of mark and reprisalletters of marque
plural
Letter of Marques
possessive
Letter of Marque's
pluralpossessive
Letter of Marques'