A Letter of Marque and Reprisal was a government license authorizing the holder to attack and capture enemy vessels, and bring them to an admiralty court for condemnation and sale.

LETTER-OF-MARQUE. JEFFERSON DAVIS, President of the Confederate States of America, to all who shall see these presents, greeting: Know ye that by virtue of the power vested in me by law, ...

Those bearing a letter of marque couldn’t be considered a pirate, but treated as a prisoner of war. (Letters of reprisal were similar but more limited, meant for those who had been wronged by a ...

This being duly commissioned involves letters-of-marque, and would constitute their vessels privateers. But they are not afraid of that, nor should the Government be.

Article I, Section 8, Clause 10 of the U.S. Constitution authorizes the U.S. government to “define and punish Piracies and Felonies on the high Seas and Offences against the Law of Nations ...

Letter of Marque Theater Company, the young ensemble theater company known for staging the President's Execution of Edward Snowden, an ongoing series of underground performance parties, and ...

Letters Cyber Letters of Marque and Ransomware Let’s give all corporations making good-faith efforts to protect personal and organizational information limited immunity and rewards for working ...

The Letter of Marque Patrick O'Brian, , read by Simon Vance. . Blackstone Audio, $29.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-7861-6649-7. Unlike its competitors, who are usually linked to major book publishers ...

Hackers’ Letters of Marque. There is a fascinating saga playing out, along side the ground war in Ukraine: Hackers have been given a sort of Letter of Marque from the Ukranian government, ...