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Flagrante Bello

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Stimson (1881)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

During an actual state of war. FLAGRANTE DELICTO (Lat.) In the very act of committing the crime. 4 Bl. Comm. 307.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

During the raging of the war.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

t. During actual war. the heat of the offence, in the very act.