War
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
A fighting between two kings, princes, or parties, in vindication of their just rights.
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War is that state in which a nation prosecutes its rights by force.
Alire v. United States, 1 Ct. of CI. 233.
Every forcible contest between two governments de facto or dejure is war. Dole v. Merchants' Mut., &c.
Ins. Co., 51 Me. 465.
Every contention by force between two nations, in external matters, under the authority of their respective governments, is a public war. If war is declared in form, it is called solemn, and is of the perfect kind; because the whole nation is at war with another whole nation. When the hostilities are limited as respects places, persons, and things, thp war is properly termed imperfect war. Bas u.
Tingy, 4 Dall. 37, 40.
There are two kinds of war, — perfect and imperfect. Perfect war is one which destroys the national peace and tranquillity, and lays the foundation of every possible act of hostility. Imperfect war is that which does not entirely destroy the public tranquillity, but interrupts it only in some particulars, — e. q., reprisals. Miller o.
The Resolution, 2 Ddll. 19, 21.