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BELLIGERENT [2 records]

Filter results by subject field Alphabetical list of terms

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2015-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • War and Peace (International Law)
  • General Conduct of Military Operations
DEF

Engaged in a war or an armed conflict.

OBS

belligerent: term and definition standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)
  • Conduite générale des opérations militaires
DEF

Qui prend part à une guerre ou à un conflit armé.

OBS

belligérant : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Relations
  • War and Peace (International Law)
DEF

A state at war.

CONT

As soon as these various considerations intervene - the substitution of real adversaries for the abstract concept of the enemy, the duration of operations, the apparent intentions of the belligerents, the accumulation and use of every means in order to conquer and disarm the enemy - it becomes a venturesome action, a calculation of probabilities varying with the information accessible to the partner adversaries in the political game.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Relations internationales
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)
DEF

État en guerre.

OBS

Le terme «belligérant» s'emploie surtout au pluriel.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Relaciones internacionales
  • Guerra y paz (Derecho internacional)
DEF

Término que se deriva del latín (bellum gerere = hacer la guerra) y que designa ante todo a los estados empeñados en un conflicto bélico. Beligerantes, como contrapuesto a estados neutrales, son los estados entre los que subsiste el estado de guerra y que se encuentran, por lo tanto, en una relación recíproca y jurídica particular llamada precisamente beligerancia.

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