rule of the war

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rule of the war - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  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.