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countermarques

countermarques is the plural of countermarque.

Meaning of countermarque

Noun

countermarque (plural countermarques)

  1. 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

Questions about countermarques

What is countermarques the plural of?
Countermarques is the plural of countermarque.

Words near countermarques in the dictionary

  1. countermark
  2. countermarked
  3. countermarking
  4. countermarks
  5. countermarque
  6. countermarques
  7. countermart
  8. countermarts
  9. countermeaning
  10. countermeanings
  11. countermeasure

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