...by Mr. Justice Grier in his opinion in the Prize cases, supra. In the same connection he added : " The parties belligerent in a public war are independent...nations. But it is not necessary to constitute war Unit both parties should be acknowledged a,s independent nations or sovereign states. A war may exist...

...war. But modern International Law held it was settled that it is unnecessary in order to constitute a war that both parties should be acknowledged as independent nations or sovereign States" 'A war may certainly exist between a State and iu suzerain as in the Boer war.' "My appeal to this court and all...

...these means of subduing the hostile force. War has been well ¿ to be, “That state In which a nation The parties belligerent in a public war are independent...sovereign States. A war may exist where one of the b¿lligerents claims sovereign rights as against the other. Insurrection against a government may or...

...force. War has been well defined to be " {hat state in which a nation prosecutes its right by force." The parties belligerent in a public war are independent...belligerents claims sovereign rights as against the other. Insurrection against a government may or may not culminate in an organized rebellion; but a civil war...

...declaration of war in today's circumstances may be possible. See Prize Cases, 67 US 635, 666 (1863) ("But it is not necessary to constitute war, that...parties should be acknowledged as independent nations of sovereign States."). to prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the United States...

...civil war. Although hostilities might reach the level of a full-fledged war, the majority held that "it is not necessary to constitute war that both parties should be acknowledged as independent nations and sovereign states." The rebellious states could at once be belligerents subject to measures such...

...to impose a blockade that neutrals would be required to respect. Justice Grier, however, wrote that "it is not necessary to constitute war, that both...parties should be acknowledged as independent nations. A war may exist where one of the belligerents claims sovereign rights against the other." Grier turned...

...United States, and that Court upheld the president's power to apply the law of war: The parties ... in a public war are independent nations. But it is...belligerents, claims sovereign rights as against the other. It is not the less a civil war, with belligerent parties in hostile array, because it be called an "insurrection"...

...between the parties to the conflict. The following extracts from the opinion will exhibit the views of the court : "The parties belligerent in a public...independent nations or sovereign States. A war may exist when one of the belligerents claims sovereign rights as im - ,i ,, January agamst the other. Term....