Definition of Belligerents

1. Noun. (plural of belligerent) ¹

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Definition of Belligerents

1. belligerent [n] - See also: belligerent

Lexicographical Neighbors of Belligerents

bellicous
bellidoite
bellied
bellied up
bellies
bellies of digastric muscle
bellies of omohyoid muscle
bellies of the beasts
bellies up
belligerence
belligerences
belligerencies
belligerency
belligerent
belligerently
belligerents (current term)
belling
belling the cat
bellingerite
bellings
bellipotence
bellipotent
belllike
bellmaker
bellmakers
bellmaking
bellman
bellmen
bellmetal resonance
bellmouth

Literary usage of Belligerents

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1906)
"But to the right of belligerents to punish subjects of neutrals for the acts specified corresponds the duty of neutral States to acquiesce on their part in ..."

2. The Principles of International Law by Thomas Joseph Lawrence (1910)
"146 TABLE SHOWING THE EFFECT OF WAR ON TREATIES TO WHICH THE belligerents ARE PARTIES (a) When the war is quite unconnected with the treaty. ..."

3. International Law by George Grafton Wilson, ( (1922)
"A neutral Power is not called upon to prevent the export or transport, on behalf of one or other of the belligerents, of arms, munitions of war, or, ..."

4. Handbook of International Law by George Grafton Wilson (1910)
"Obligations of belligerents. 104. Neutral Duty of Abstention. 105. Neutral Duty of Prevention. I06. Neutral Obligation of Toleration. 107. ..."

5. International Law Chiefly as Interpreted and Applied by the United States by Charles Cheney Hyde (1922)
"TITLE F PACIFIC INTERCOURSE OF belligerents 1 § 638. In General. Opposing belligerents, notwithstanding the severance of diplomatic relations between them, ..."

6. The Two Hague Conferences and Their Contributions to International Law by William Isaac Hull (1908)
"The postal correspondence of both neutrals and belligerents was made ... belligerents in Neutral Waters The absolute sovereignty of neutral states, ..."

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