What does Casus Belli mean?
Definitions for Casus Belli
ˈkeɪ səs ˈbɛl aɪ, ˈbɛl i; Lat. ˈkɑ sʊs ˈbɛl li; ˈkeɪ səs ˈbɛl aɪ, ˈbɛl i; {{ii}}Lat.{{/ca·sus bel·li
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Princeton's WordNet
casus bellinoun
an event used to justify starting a war
Wiktionary
casus bellinoun
An act seen as justifying or causing a war.
Etymology: From casus + belli.
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Casus belli
A casus belli (from Latin casus belli 'occasion for war'; pl. casus belli) is an act or an event that either provokes or is used to justify a war. A casus belli involves direct offenses or threats against the nation declaring the war, whereas a casus foederis involves offenses or threats against its ally—usually one bound by a mutual defense pact. Either may be considered an act of war. A declaration of war usually contains a description of the casus belli that has led the party in question to declare war on another party.
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casus belli
Casus belli is a Latin term meaning "case for war." It refers to an incident or event that justifies or triggers a country or nation to go to war or initiate a military conflict against another. Usually, it is a violation or act of aggression that breaches regulations, treaties, or moral codes considered sufficient to warrant retaliation.
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Casus belli
Casus belli is a Latin expression meaning the justification for acts of war. Casus means "incident", "rupture" or indeed "case", while belli means bellic. It is usually distinguished from casus foederis, where casus belli refers to offenses or threats directly against a nation, and casus foederis refers to offenses or threats to a fellow allied nation with which the justifying nation is engaged in a mutual defense treaty, such as NATO. The term came into wide usage in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries with the writings of Hugo Grotius, Cornelius van Bynkershoek, and Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui, among others, and the rise of the political doctrine of jus ad bellum or "just war theory". Informal usage varies beyond its technical definition to refer to any "just cause" a nation may claim for entering into a conflict. As such, it has been used both retroactively to describe situations in history before the term came into wide usage and in the present day when describing situations when war has not been formally declared. Formally, a government would lay out its reasons for going to war, as well as its intentions in prosecuting it and the steps that might be taken to avert it. In so doing, the government would attempt to demonstrate that it was going to war only as a last resort and that it in fact possessed "just cause" for doing so. In theory international law today allows only three situations as legal cause to go to war: out of self-defense, defense of an ally under a mutual defense pact, or sanctioned by the UN.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
casus belli
A Latin phrase used with reference to any event, or complication between sovereign powers, which gives rise to a declaration of war.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Casus Belli in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Casus Belli in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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- αιτία πόλεμουGreek
- casus belliFrench
- casus belliRomanian
- casus belliUkrainian
- Casus BelliVietnamese
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