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Noun Concept
Categories: Causes of war, Latin legal terms
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casus belli  Cassus Belli  pretext for War  Pretexts for war  act of war
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An event used to justify starting a war WordNet 3.0
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An event used to justify starting a war WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A casus belli is an act or an event that either provokes or is used to justify a war. Wikipedia
A Latin expression meaning "An act or event that provokes or is used to justify war" Wikipedia Disambiguation
Latin expression meaning "An act or event that provokes or is used to justify war". Wikipedia Disambiguation
('occasion for war') is an act or event that provokes or is used to justify war Wikidata
An act seen as justifying or causing a war; act of war. Wiktionary
Act causing war. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
beginning
Latin phrase
international incident
HAS INSTANCE
assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Incident of Anyera's Kabyle
assassination of Calvo Sotelo
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
Otto's encyclopedia
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sytin Military Encyclopedia
SAID TO BE THE SAME AS
crime of aggression
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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casus belli
Wikipedia
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casus belli
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casus belli
Wiktionary
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casus belli
Wikipedia Redirections
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act of war, acts of war, Case of war, Cassius belli, Cassus Belli, Cassus belli, Casus Belli, Casus bellum, Causa belli, causus belli, pretext for War, pretext for war, Pretexts for War, Pretexts for war, Proschema, proschemata, Threat to peace, Threat to world peace, War pretext, War pretexts
Wikidata Alias
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act of war, cause for war, occasion for war, war provocation

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