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Meaning of Truce
In international law , an agreement made between beligerents to temporarily cease hostilities.
Truce Alternative Definition
In International law. An agreement between belligerent parties by which they mutually engage to forbear all acts of hostility against each other for some time, the war still continuing. Burlam. Nat. Law, pt. 4, c. 11, 1. Truces are of several kinds, general, extending to all the territories and dominions of both parties, and particular, restrained to particular places, as, for example, by sea, and not by land, etc. Burlam. Nat. Law, pt. 4, c. 11, § 5. They are also absolute, indeteftninate, and general; or limited and determined to certain things; for example, to bury the dead. Id. See 1 Kent, Comm. 159 ; Halleck, Int. Law, 654; Wheaton, Int. Law, 682.
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Meaning of Truce in the Past
An agreement between belligerent parties, by which they mutually engage to forbear all acts of hostility against each other for some time, the war still continuing. Burlamaqui’s N. & P. Law, part 4, c. 11, 1.
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Truces are of several kinds: general, extending to all the territories and dominions of both parties; and particular, restrained to particular places; as, for example, by sea and not by land, etc. Id. part 4, c. 11, 5. They are also absolute, indeterminate and general; or limited and decided to certain things, for example, to bury the dead. Ib. idem. Vide 1 Kent, Com. 159; Comyn’s Digest (A digest of the laws of England, 1822) Admiralty, E 8; Bac. Ab.;Prerogative, D 4; League; Peace; War. [1]
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- Partialy, this information about truce is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including truce.
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