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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Actua Uy at war. Applied to nations.

Wheat. Int. Law, 380 et seq.; 1 Kent, Comm. 89.

The subject of a hostile power.

BELLO PARTA CEDUNT REIPUBLIcae

Things acquired in war go to the state.

Cited 2 Russ. & M. 56; 1 Kent, Comm. 101; 5 C. Rob. Adm. 155, 163; 1 Gall. (U. S.) 558.