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A letter of marque and reprisal (French: lettre de marque; lettre de course) was a government license in the Age of Sail that authorized a private person, known as a privateer or corsair, to attack and capture vessels of a foreign state at war with the issuer, licensing international military operations against a specified enemy as reprisal for a previous attack or injury.
Retributive justice is a legal concept whereby the criminal offender receives punishment proportional or similar to the crime.As opposed to revenge, retribution—and thus retributive justice—is not personal, is directed only at wrongdoing, has inherent limits, involves no pleasure at the suffering of others (i.e., schadenfreude, sadism), and employs procedural standards.
Retribution may refer to: Punishment; Retributive justice, a theory of justice Divine retribution, retributive justice in a religious context; Revenge, a harmful ...
An example of reprisal is the Naulila dispute between Portugal and Germany in October 1914, when they were on opposite sides of the World War I chasm. After three Germans were mistakenly killed in Naulila on the border of the then-Portuguese colony of Angola (in a manner that did not violate international law), [6] Germany carried out a military raid on Naulila, destroying property in retaliation.
How did a young Jewish woman who escaped Nazi-occupied Austria in the late 1930s end up in New York and emerge as one of the most dynamic illustrators of comic books a few years later?
Trump is pushing for the return of Schedule F, which would make it easier for a president to fire government workers. But groups are trying to stop him from getting that power.
A marque or brand is a set of marketing and communication methods that help to distinguish a company from competitors. Marque may also refer to: People
“The retribution agenda… this is an area where I think we have to take Donald Trump at his word,” said Jolly, who is now an MSNBC commentator. “And so what does that look like?” Jolly added.