01 n. A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals.
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A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals.(Law)
Phrases & compounds
Letters of marque —
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.