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Privateer practice, or privateerism
| Глоссарий морской лексики и терминологии (английский язык) |
Disorderly conduct, or anything out of man-of-war rules.
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Privateers, английский
Or men-of-war equipped by individuals for cruising against the enemy; their commission (see letters of marque) is given by the admiralty, and revocable by the same authority. they have no property in any prize until it is legally condemned by a competent court. the admiral on the station is entitled to a tenth of their booty. this infamous species of warfare is unhappily not yet abolished among civilized nations.
Pritch, английский
A dentated weapon for striking and holding eels.
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