marque

Noun

Meaning

A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

brand brand name mark line make label trademark logo trade name name series type model kind sign
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Antonyms

disorder deny chaos veto disrupt denial
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Hypernyms

name

Hyponyms

label recording label

Phrases with the word

letter of marque and reprisal letter-of-marque ship letter-of-marque vessel marque ship

Examples

According to Grotius, letters of marque and reprisal were akin to a "private war", a concept alien to modern sensibilities but related to an age when the ocean was lawless and all merchant vessels sailed armed for self-defense. Source: Internet

Additionally, it is also the only marque to have ever offered a rotary-powered bus (the Mazda Parkway, offered only in Japan) or station wagon (within the RX-3 and RX-4 lines for certain markets). Source: Internet

Adjudicating captures, invalid letter of marque, or illegal cruelty The letter of marque by its terms required privateers to bring captured vessels and their cargoes before admiralty courts of their own or allied countries for condemnation. Source: Internet

A "letter of marque and reprisal" would include permission to cross an international border to effect a reprisal (take some action against an attack or injury) authorized by an issuing jurisdiction to conduct reprisal operations outside its borders. Source: Internet

As a rule, the buccaneers called themselves privateers, and many sailed under the protection of a letter of marque granted by British, French or Dutch authorities. Source: Internet

But the price is high and the competition is getting stronger all the time, with rival luxe brands starting to flex their marque muscles. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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