Privateers in Europe
Definition of Privateers
Vessels belonging to private owners which in time of war were furnished with a commission from the State, known as letters of marque, empowering them to carry on war against the enemy, and to capture enemy vessels and property. ” Privateering is and remains abolished.” (Declaration of Paris, 1856.)
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Definition of Privateers is, temporally, from A Concise Law Dictionary (1927). This page needs to be proofread.
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