Pillage
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
The taking by violence of primodern times is seldom allowed, and then only when authorized by the commanding or chief officer at the place where the pillage is committed. The property thus violently taken belongs, in general, to the common soldiers. It is expressly forbidden under the rules of the Brussel’s Conference, 1874, which however have never been adopted by the European nations. See Dalloz, Diet. Pro prim, art.
3, § 5; Wolff § 1201; Booty; Prize; War.