Statistics for occurrence #1 of “France” in article 11 of The Daily Dispatch: October 7, 1861., [Electronic resource]:
...armed vessels, yet no mention is made of "letters of marque," from which it is inferred that the practice, as confined to sovereigns, did not exist at that period.
The ordinance of Charles VI.
of France , issued 7th December, 1400, is said to be the first which distinctly confines this right to the sovereign.
From this, and other documents it is made probable that the practice of issuing letters of...
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| † | France (France) | 17,744 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | |
| France (Idaho, United States) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
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