BELLIGERENT

In international law. A term used to designate either of two mi- K tions which are actually l_n -a state of war with each other, as well as their allies actively co-operating; as distinguished from a nation which takes no part 1n the war and maintains a strict indifference as between the contending parties, called a "neu- L tral." U. S. v. The Ambrose Light (D. C.) 25 Fed. 412; Johnson T. Jones, 44 Ill. 151. 92 Am. Dec. 159. Bello part a cednnt reipnbllcm. Things acquired 1n war belong or go to the state. M [s. 131]