Hostes
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
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.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Enemies. Hostes humani generis, enemies of the human race; i. e. pirates. HOSTI^. In Old Records. The hostbread, or consecrated wafer, ■ in the eucharist. Cowell,
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Enemies. Hostes hument Hostes sunt qui nobis vel quibus nos bellum decernimus; cexteri proditores vel predones sunt, 7 Coke, 24, Enemies are those with whom wedeclare war, or who declare it against us; all others are traitors or pirates.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
/. Eaemies. Hostes humani generis: pirates.