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Capitulation [fr. Capitulo, Lat., to treat upon terms; fr. Capitulum, a little head or division], the treaty which determines the conditions under which a besieged place is surrendered to the commanding officer of the besieging army; (2) an agreement by which the prince and the people, or those who have the right of the people, regulate the manner of government.--An arrangement between states providing certain immunities for or reserving jurisdiction over subjects of one state within the territory of another. See the (English) Foreign Jurisdiction Act, 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 37), Preamble....

Capitulate

To settle or draw up the heads or terms of an agreement as in chapters or articles to agree...

Capitulation

A reducing to heads or articles a formal agreement...

Capitule

A summary...

Alien

Alien [fr. alienigena, alibi natus, Lat.], a person not born within His Majesty's dominions and allegiance (q.v.). See definitions in the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Acts, 1914 and 1933, infra. At common law aliens were subject to very many disqualifications, the nature of which is shown by the (English) Act of 1844, 7 & 8 Vict. c. 66, which greatly relaxed the law in their favour. It provided, inter alia, that every person born of a British mother should be capable of holding real or personal estate; that alien friends might hold every species of personal property except chattels real; that subjects of a friendly power might hold lands, etc., for the purposes of residence or business for a term not exceeding twenty-one years; and it also provided for aliens becoming naturalized.Alien, (UK) is a person who is neither a Common-wealth citizen nor a British protected person nor a citizen of the Republic of Ireland. Aliens therefore include both persons having the nationality ...

Laws of war

Laws of war, means the body of rules and principles observed by civilized nations for the regulation of matters inherent or incidental to the conduct of a public war, such as the relations of neutrals and belligerents, blockades, captures, prizes, truces and armistices, capitulations, prisoners, and declarations of war and peace, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 895....

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