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Fecial Law

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

The nearest approach to a System of international law known to the ancient world. It was a branch of Roman Jurisprudence, concerned with embassies, declarations of war, and treaties of peace. It received this name from the feciales, (q. v„) who were charged with its administration.