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Definition of Nonhostile
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonhostile
Literary usage of Nonhostile
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law of War Between Belligerents: A History and Commentary by Percy Bordwell (1908)
"nonhostile INTERCOURSE OF BELLIGERENTS. H XXXII. A person is regarded as bearing
a flag of truce who has been authorized b'y one of the belligerents to ..."
2. Information Warfare in the Age of Chaos: Preparing for 2020 by Chris Morris (1995)
"When other groups—guerrillas, gangs, clans-engage in warfare, the group leader
decides the specific nonhostile behaviors sought. In both state and nonstate ..."
3. International Law by George Grafton Wilson (1922)
"General Effects of War (a) The general and immediate effects of war are: — (1)
To suspend all nonhostile intercourse between the The general states parties ..."
4. Introduction to Political Science by Raymond Garfield Gettell (1910)
"Belligerents may carry on nonhostile intercourse by means of flags of truce, ...
An agreement regulating nonhostile intercourse is called a cartel, ..."
5. Digest of Education Statistics (1999) edited by Thomas D. Snyder (2000)
"First, friendly aircraft, then hostile aircraft, then nonhostile aircraft.
If we are able to assure ourselves 100 percent of the time that we will know that ..."
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