Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Marque
Archaic. Reprisal. See LETTERS OF MARQUE.
law of marque
A rule of reprisal allowing one who has been wronged but cannot obtain justice to take the goods of the wrongdoer found within the wronged person's precinct, in satisfaction of the wrong.
letters of marque
A license authorizing a private citizen to engage in reprisals against citizens or vessels of another nation. Congress has the exclusive power to grant letters of marque (U.S. Const. art. I, ยง 8, cl. 11), but it has not done so since the 19th century. - Also termed letters of marque and reprisal. "[Flormerly it was not, uncommon for a state to issue letters of marque' to one of its own subjects, who had met with a denial of justice in another state, authorizing him to redress the wrong for himself by forcible action, such as the seizure of the property of subjects of the delinquent state." J.L. Brierly, The Law of Nations 321 (5th ed. 1955).
marque, law of
Archaic. A reprisal entitling one who has been wronged and is unable to receive ordinary justice to take the goods of the wrongdoer (if they can be found within one's own precinct) in satisfaction for the wrong. See LETTERS OF MARQUE.