casus bellin.

Brit.

/ˌkɑːsəs ˈbɛliː/,

/ˌkeɪsəs ˈbɛlʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˌkɑsəs ˈbɛli/,

/ˌkeɪsəs ˈbɛlaɪ/

Etymology: < Latin casus case n.¹ + belli, genitive of bellum war.

An act justifying, or regarded as a reason for, war. Also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > war > [noun] > act justifying war

casus belli1849

1849 J. S. Mill in Westm. & Foreign Q. Rev. 51 28 To assist a people struggling for liberty..is not a casus belli set down in Vattel.

1853 H. Greville Diary 22 June (1884) 60 He thought the Russians would soon occupy the principalities, which, however, the other Powers would not pronounce to be a casus belli.

1869 A. Trollope He knew he was Right I. xlviii. 374 The Juno from the Close had come quite prepared to declare her casus belli..and to fling down her gauntlet.

1878 Times 2 Feb. 6/3 He did not say what was to be the casus belli or the casus armandi.

1920 D. H. Lawrence Touch & Go 11 Some men might acknowledge the bone to be merely a pretext, another hollow casus belli.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	casus belli
释义	casus bellin. Brit. /ˌkɑːsəs ˈbɛliː/, /ˌkeɪsəs ˈbɛlʌɪ/, U.S. /ˌkɑsəs ˈbɛli/, /ˌkeɪsəs ˈbɛlaɪ/ Etymology: < Latin casus case n.¹ + belli, genitive of bellum war. An act justifying, or regarded as a reason for, war. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > [noun] > act justifying war casus belli1849 1849 J. S. Mill in Westm. & Foreign Q. Rev. 51 28 To assist a people struggling for liberty..is not a casus belli set down in Vattel. 1853 H. Greville Diary 22 June (1884) 60 He thought the Russians would soon occupy the principalities, which, however, the other Powers would not pronounce to be a casus belli. 1869 A. Trollope He knew he was Right I. xlviii. 374 The Juno from the Close had come quite prepared to declare her casus belli..and to fling down her gauntlet. 1878 Times 2 Feb. 6/3 He did not say what was to be the casus belli or the casus armandi. 1920 D. H. Lawrence Touch & Go 11 Some men might acknowledge the bone to be merely a pretext, another hollow casus belli. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1849
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