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During the course of a negotiation [ultimatum] may imply the maximum amount of concession which will be made in order to arrive at an agreement, where no resort to compulsion is contemplated in case of refusal. Cases have occurred in which it has been used as denoting an irreducible minimum which would be accepted, a plan or scheme of arrangement which it was sought to impose, a maximum of what would be conceded, and the like.  1, fiche 1, Anglais, - ultimatum

Fiche 1,  Justifications,  Français

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Dernières conditions que l'on met à un traité et auxquelles on tient irrévocablement.  1, fiche 1, Français, - ultimatum

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Fiche 2,  Justifications,  Anglais

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This term signifies a note or memorandum in which a government or its diplomatic representative sets forth the conditions on which the state in whose name the declaration is made will insist. It should contain an express demand for a prompt, clear and categorical reply, and it may also require the answer to be given within a fixed limit of time.  1, fiche 2, Anglais, - ultimatum

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This is as much as to say that an ultimatum embodies the final condition or concession, "the last word", so to speak, of the person negotiating. It ordinarily, but not always, implies a threat to use force, if the demand is not complied with.  1, fiche 2, Anglais, - ultimatum

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Acte par lequel un État somme un autre État de donner satisfaction à un certain nombre d'exigences dans un délai limité, mais toujours très bref, faute de quoi l'état de guerre naît automatiquement à l'expiration du délai.  1, fiche 2, Français, - ultimatum

Fiche 2,  Justifications,  Espagnol

Fiche 3,  Justifications,  Anglais

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Art. 1 of Convention(III) Relative to the Opening of Hostilities of the Hague Conference of 1907 provides that the hostilities between the contracting powers "must not commence without previous and explicit warning, in the form either of a reasoned declaration of war or of an ultimatum with conditional declaration of war". Moreover, under Art. 2, the existence of a state of war must be notified to neutral powers without delay, and would not take effect in regard to them until so notified, unless it were clearly shown that they were in fact aware of the existence of war. In the absence of such a declaration the legal effects of the war date from the commencement of hostilities if these are an expression of hostile intent. Although in that case the failure to make a declaration would constitute a breach of International Law.  1, fiche 3, Anglais, - opening%20of%20hostilities

Fiche 3,  Justifications,  Français

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Passage de l'état de paix à l'état de guerre. Expression employée dans le titre de la [Convention] III, La Haye, 18 octobre 1907, pour désigner le commencement de l'état de guerre entre deux ou plusieurs États.  1, fiche 3, Français, - ouverture%20des%20hostilit%C3%A9s

Fiche 3,  Justifications,  Espagnol