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meaning, border, boundary (the letter of marque being a
permission to go beyond the border), and of German origin. See
March border.] (Law) A license to pass the limits
of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of
making reprisals.

Letters of marque, Letters of marque and
reprisal, a license or extraordinary commission granted
by a government to a private person to fit out a privateer or armed
ship to cruise at sea and make prize of the enemy's ships and
merchandise. The ship so commissioned is sometimes called a letter
of marque.

Mar*quee" (?), n. [F. marquise,
misunderstood as a plural; prob. orig., tent of the marchioness. See
Marquis.] A large field tent; esp., one adapted to the
use of an officer of high rank. [Written also
markee.]

Mar"quess (?), n. [Cf. Sp.
marques. See Marquis.] A marquis.

Lady marquess, a marchioness. [Obs.]
Shak.

Mar"quet*ry (?), n. [F.
marqueterie, from marqueter to checker, inlay, fr.

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