Solemn War
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A war made in form by public declaration. See "War." SOLEMNES LEGUM FORMULAE (Lat.)
In the civil law. Solemn forms of laws; forms of forensic proceedings and of transacting legal acts. One of the sources of the unwritten law of Rome. Butler, Hor. Jur. 47. SOLEMNITAS ATTACHIAMENTORUM (Lav/ Lat.)
In old English practice. Solemnity or formality of attachments. The issuing of attachments in a certain formal and regular order. Bracton, fols. 439, 440; 1 Reeve, Hist. Eng. Law, 480; Pleta, lib. 2, c. 65, § 5. SOLEMNITATES JURIS SUNT OBSERvandae. The solemnities of law are to be observed. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 13.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A war made in form by public declaration; a war solemnly declared by one state against another.
Defined under War in Black's Law Dictionary.