neutral
Defined in 5 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Abbott (1879)
United States Code
5 U.S.C. § 571 — for the purposes of this subchapter
“neutral” means an individual who, with respect to an issue in controversy, functions specifically to aid the parties in resolving the controversy;
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In international law. Indifferent ; impartial; not engaged on either side; not taking an active part with either of the contending states. In an international war, the principal hostile powers are called "belligerents;" those actively co-operating with and assisting them, their "allies;" and those taking no part whatever, "neutrals."
— Neutral property. Property which belongs to citizens of neutral powers, and is used, treated, and accompanied by proper insignia as such.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
On neither side; taking neither side; belonging to neither side; indifferent between contending parties.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In international law. Indifferent; impartial; not engaged on either side; not taking an active part with either of the contending states. In an_ international war, the principal hostile powers are called “belligerents;” those actively co-operating with and assisting them, their “allies;” and those taking no part whatever, “neutrals.”
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
adj. Taking no part in a war; on neither side; impartial or indiiferent in a contest. Neutral, n.: a third nation, which has no concern with, and should take no part in, a war. Neutrality: the condition of a nation which refrains from taking part in a war between two other powers; the obligation to avoid assisting one belligerent against the other.