Legal Definition and Related Resources of Belligerency
Meaning of Belligerency
Synonyms of Belligerency
noun
- affray
- aggression
- aggressiveness
- altercation
- animosity
- antagonism
- assault
- attack
- battling
- bellicosity
- belligerance
- clashing
- combat
- combativeness
- conflict
- contentiousness
- contestation
- controversy
- disagreement
- discord
- disputation
- dissension
- disturbance
- embroilment
- encounter
- enmity
- feud
- fighting
- fracas
- hostility
- impugnation
- impugnment
- inimicality
- malevolence
- martiality
- melee
- militancy
- opposition
- oppugnancy
- oppugnation
- pugnaciousness
- pugnacity
- resort to arms
- revengefulness
- riot
- rivalry
- scuffle
- siege
- sparring
- state of siege
- state of war
- strife
- time of war
- tumult
- tussle
- unpeacefulness
- violence
- warfare
- warlikeness
- wartime
- wrangle
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Belligerency in Historical Law
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What does Belligerency mean in American Law?
The definition of Belligerency in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:
In international law, the state of being “lawfully” at war, declared or not. It is a status which may be accorded nations, or non-nation aggregations of revolutionaries, or parties to a civil war. Special “belligerent rights” are accorded “belligerents” which would not be accepted from nations at peace, e.g., blockades of enemy waters; the right to have its fighting men, when captured, treated as prisoners of war. But the status of belligerency does not give the possessor the right to do anything it feels useful or even necessary to win a war, e.g., attack neutral shipping in international waters. Also, as an adjective applied to natural persons (and only by extension to nations), belligerency refers to a cast of mind and behavior unduly aggressive, hostile, and war-like.
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Belligerency in Diplomatic Law
Belligerency
A state of belligerency is a state of armed conflict. Belligerents are direct participants in the conflict.
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Further Reading
- Satow’s Diplomatic Practice, Ivor Roberts
- Modern Diplomacy, R.P. Barnston
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