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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2007-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Conduct of Military Operations
CONT

First generation warfare is a term created by the U. S. military in 1989, referring to the earliest stages of organized, state-controlled armed forces waging war in the modern era. In its most common usage, it refers to battles fought using line and column tactics with uniformed soldiers governed by the state.

Key term(s)
  • 1st generation warfare
  • first-generation warfare
  • first-generation war
  • 1st generation war

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conduite générale des opérations militaires
CONT

D'après la théorie de Lind, la guerre de première génération (G1G) est définie comme étant linéaire, avec un certain « ordre » militaire et les États-nations y jouissent d'un monopole face au recours à la guerre pour atteindre des objectifs politiques.

CONT

Les guerres de première génération se caractérisaient par leurs effectifs massifs, leur point culminant se situant pendant les guerres napoléoniennes.

Spanish

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Record 2 1983-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Legislature (Constitutional Law)
DEF

The law and custom(or usage) of parliament. The houses of parliament constitute a court not only of legislation, but also of justice, and have their own rules, by which the court itself and suitors are governed.

OBS

(...) neither House of Parliament have power, by any vote or declaration, to create to themselves new privileges, not warranted by the known laws and customs of Parliament (...) which was concurred in by the Commons.

Key term(s)
  • legem et consuetudinem parliamenti

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pouvoir législatif (Droit constitutionnel)
CONT

(...) Ni l'une ni l'autre des Chambres du Parlement n'a l'autorité, par vote ou par déclaration, de se créer de nouveaux privilèges que ne justifient pas déjà les lois et coutumes reconnues du Parlement (...)

Spanish

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