
International illegal acts to which, by a rule of convenience of international law, a state may resort in order to secure justice when it is otherwise not obtainable. ...
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The forcibly taking a thing by one nation which belonged to another, in return or satisfaction for a injury committed by the latter on the former. Reprisals are used between nation and nation to do themselves justice, when they cannot otherwise obtain it. Congress have the power to grant letters of marque and reprisal.Reprisals are made in two wa.....
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