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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Enemies. "Enemies are those who declare war against us, or against whom we declare Var publicly; all others are pirates or robbers."
Dig. 50. 16. 118.
See "Enemy." HOSTES SUNT QUI NOBIS VEL QUIbus nos bellum decernlmus; caeterl traditores vel praedones sunt. Enemies are those upon whom we declare war, or who declare it against us; all others are traitors or pirates.
7 Coke, 24; Dig. 50. 16. 118; 1 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 257.