letter of countermart en · NOUN
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative, letter) Alternative form of letter of countermarque.
alt of of countermarque
Letters of countermart were similar commissions by which reprisals on an enemy's merchant shipping were given state sanction.
1966, Frederick Neville Hopkins, Business and Law for the Shipmaster, page 516:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| letters of countermart | Number=Plur | lexicographic |