RULE OF THE WAR

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RULE OF THE WAR


RULE OF THE WAR, l756, comm. law, war. A rule relating to neutrals was the first rule practically, established in 1756, and universally promulgated, that "neutrals are not to carry on in times of war, a trade which was interdicted to them in times of peace." Chit. Law of Nat. 166; 2 Rob. n. 186; 4 Rob. App.; Reeve on Ship. 271; 1 Kent, Com. 82; Mann. Law Nat. 196 to 202.

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