Belligerent
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.