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ca⋅sus bel⋅li
[key-suh
s bel-ahy, bel-ee; Lat. kah-soos bel-lee] 
–noun, plural ca⋅sus bel⋅li [key-suhs bel-ahy, bel-ee; Lat. kah-soos bel-lee] .
[key-suhs bel-ahy, bel-ee; Lat. kah-soos bel-lee] . | an event or political occurrence that brings about a declaration of war. |
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1840–50; < NL: lit., occurrence of war
1840–50; < NL: lit., occurrence of war
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| ca·sus bel·li (kā'səs běl'ī, kä'səs běl'ē) n. pl. casus belli An act or event that provokes or is used to justify war. [New Latin cāsus bellī : Latin cāsus, occasion + Latin bellī, genitive of bellum, war.] |
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casus belli
1849, from L. casus "case" + belli, gen. of bellum "war." An act justifying war.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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