law of war

noun

rules or a code of rules governing the rights and duties of belligerents in an international war.
Compare Geneva Convention.

Origin of law of war

First recorded in 1945–50

Words nearby law of war

law of the jungle, law of the medes and the persians, law of thermodynamics, law of thought, law of universal gravitation, law of war, law society, law stationer, law term, law unto oneself, law-abiding