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minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoIt was essentially tax on a private concern. It still holds in maritime law that piracy is only an offence that exists in a civilian context. Militaries by definition cannot commit piracy.
minus-squarelumpenproletariat@quokk.auMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIt also legalised their piracy against declared enemy states.
It was essentially tax on a private concern. It still holds in maritime law that piracy is only an offence that exists in a civilian context. Militaries by definition cannot commit piracy.
It also legalised their piracy against declared enemy states.