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contremarque (c.1450)
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contremarque (c.1450)

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  FEW:  *markon 16,527a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  contremarque 9,184a TL: ∅ DEAF:  marque (*)  DMF:  contremarque 1  TLF: ∅ OED:  countermark n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  contramarqua 473a

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lawcountermarque, reprisal against letter of marque (i.e. official warrant that authorize a person to take reprisals on the subjects of a hostile state for alleged injuries): 
( MS: c.1450 )  facent ne souffrent estre fait mal, violence, injurie, ne inconvenient, en corps n'en biens, par voie de marque, contremarque, reprisaille, guerre  Blk Bk Adm 383

[gdw]

See also:

marque1 
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