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n. Law concerning acceptable practices while engaged in war, like the Geneva Conventions
Usage examples of "laws of war".
Neither should they for get that they are bound by no laws of war, nor military orders, to put even a conquered enemy to the sword.
In this sort of chaotic brawl not even the regulars would follow the established laws of war, at least not very often, and the general wasn't about to ask any questions.
In this sort of chaotic brawl not even the regulars would follow the established laws of war, at least not very often, and the general wasn’.
One of the most obvious and advantageous departures from the so-called laws of war is the action of scattered groups against men pressed together in a mass.
He would have, too, if I hadn't explained that I had arranged a direct conference call with the President of the United States to explain our position and express our regrets for not falling in line previously with the United States' preferred diplomatic position on the laws of war.
I was in the Dales, poison gas, technically a violation of the Laws of War, but that was against military targets.
But the savage Bulgarian was a stranger to the laws of war: his prisons were involved in darkness and silence.
With regard to what I, as conqueror, took away or bestowed in individual cases, I am quite satisfied that I acted in accordance with the laws of war, according to the deserts of each individual.