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Jus Belli

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Jus belli, meant law of war. The law of nations as applied during wartime, defining in particular the right and duties of the belligerent powers and of neutral nations. Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 863.

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