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letter of marque

governmental authorization of attack privateering
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Summary

letter of marque is a legal term or legal concept[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of legal_term_or_legal_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,399 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • letter of marque's instance of is recorded as legal term or legal concept[3].
  • letter of marque is a type of legal instrument[4].
  • letter of marque is a type of charter[5].
  • letter of marque's Commons category is recorded as Letters of marque[6].
  • letter of marque's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[7].
  • letter of marque's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8].

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Definition and Type

letter of marque's instance of is recorded as legal term or legal concept[3]. Recorded subclass of include legal instrument[4] and charter[5].

Why It Matters

letter of marque ranks in the top 6% of legal_term_or_legal_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,399 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). letter of marque. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/letter-of-marque
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 27
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'ast', 'ca', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fr', 'gl', 'it', '
    Harper's tag → letters-of-marque
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: letters-of-marque, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289947882|letters of marque (#289947882)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Har"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → legal term or legal concept
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → legal instrument, charter
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007534598005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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