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.