Neutrality

The state of a nation which takes no part between two or more other nations at wav. U. S. v. The Three Friends, 166 U. S. 1, 17 Sup. Ct 495, 41 In Ed. 807.

— Neutrality laws. Acts of congress which forbid the fitting out and equipping of armed vessels, or the enlisting of troops, for the aid of either of two bslligerent powers with which the United States is at peace.

— Neutrality proclamation. A proclamation by the president of the United States, issued on the outbreak of a war between two powers with bath of which the United States is at peace, announcing the neutrality of the United Slates and warning nil citizens to. refrain from any breach of the neutrality laws.