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Definition of Flag of truce
1. Noun. Flag consisting of a piece of white cloth that is hoisted to signal surrender or to ask for a truce.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flag Of Truce
Literary usage of Flag of truce
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 (1921)
"It constitutes an abuse of the flag of truce if it intentionally fails to do so.
The case is even worse when a flag-bearer is intentionally sent on a ..."
2. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"proposals to the English officer; in his joy he forgot to take a. flag of truce,
and when he approached one of our out-posts, running eagerly on, ..."
3. Handbook of International Law by George Grafton Wilson (1910)
"privileged position if he provokes or commits an act of treachery. Th« flag of
truce will not protect him, under such circumstances, from seizure and ..."
4. International Law Chiefly as Interpreted and Applied by the United States by Charles Cheney Hyde (1922)
"The exercise thereof is accomplished by means of a so-called flag of truce.
On principle, therefore, the propriety of a "general notification that a flag of ..."
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