Pnblie war
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
This term includes every contention by force, between two nations, in external matters, under the authority of their respective governments.
Prize Cases, 2 Black, 666, 17 L. Ed. 459; People v. McLeod. 25 Wend. (N. Y.) 483, 37 Am. Dec. 328