countermarque
countermarque noun: a license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals for a seizure conducted under a letter of marque; a letter of countermarque.
Noun
countermarque (plural countermarques)
- A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals for a seizure conducted under a letter of marque; a letter of countermarque.
- That if any injury be done or practised by either nation, or the subjects or inhabitatns of the same, against the subjects or inhabitants of the other, or against any of the articles of this present treaty, or against common right; yet nevertheless no letters of reprisal, marque, or countermarque...1790, Great Britain, George Chalmers, A Collection of Treaties Between Great Britain and Other Powers
Forms of countermarque
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Origin of countermarque
From counter- + marque.
Phrases with countermarque
Questions about countermarque
- What does countermarque mean?
- Countermarque means a license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals for a seizure conducted under a letter of marque; a letter of countermarque.
- What part of speech is countermarque?
- Countermarque is a noun.
- What is the plural of countermarque?
- The plural of countermarque is countermarques.
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