Privateer
a ship owned by a private individual, which under govern. band, should be exempt from capture.
This "Marcy," or "American," amendment, as it was called, was not accepted. This doctrine was again affirmed by the United States delegates to the Peace Conference at The Hague in 1898, but was again rejected by the European powers. While not considered PIRACY (q. v.) by the law of nations, they were looked on as little better during the great wars at the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century, and as a rule received but scant mercy at the hands of the regular services.
HENRY SMITH PRITCHETT PRIVET (Ligustrum), a genus of plants of the natural order Oleaceæ, containing a number of species of shrubs and small trees with opposite leaves, which are simple and entire at the mar- PRIVY COUNCIL PROBUS gin; the flowers small, white. Common he pursues his further studies at the privet (L. vulgare) is a shrub growing in bushy places and about the borders of woods in the middle and S. of Europe, and in some parts of Great Britain, now also naturalized in some parts of North America. It has half-evergreen, smooth, lanceolate leaves; and berries about the size of peas, black, rarely white, yellow, or green. The flowers have a strong and sweetish smell; the leaves are mildly astringent, and were formerly used in medicine. The berries, which hang on the shrub during winter, have a disagreeable taste, but serve as food for many kinds of birds; they are used for dyeing red, and, with various additions, green, blue, and black. A rose-colored pigment obtained from them is used for coloring maps. The wood is hard, and is used by turners, and by shoemakers for making wooden pegs.