declaration of war en · NOUN
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Meanings
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A formal announcement by a country or other body with military capability that it is in a state of war with another such entity.
Although the Take Care Clause grants the president significant authority to enforce the laws, the duty to take care does not include a power to forbid the execution of the laws. Consequently, the president does not have the authority to disregard Congress’s declaration of war against Country X. On the contrary, the president has an obligation to faithfully execute the declaration of war, even against their own beliefs and wishes.
2023 November, Andrea L. R. Pillai, “Hawks and Doves: Evaluating Presidential Powers and Duties Against Congress's Power to Declare War”, in Duke Law Journal, volume 73, number 2, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2024, page 419:Make no mistake, the sway of the railways' mandate in the middle of the 19th century was, in some quarters, a declaration of war on the old.
2022 January 12, Dr. Joseph Brennan, “Castles: ruined and redeemed by rail”, in RAIL, number 948, page 55:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| declarations of war | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (32)
ru объявле́ние войны́ (a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity) · et sõjakuulutus (a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity) · be аб'яўленне вайны (a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity) · pt declaração de guerra (a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity) · he הכרזת מלחמה (a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity) · fi sodanjulistus (a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity) · gl declaración de guerra (a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity) · lt karo paskelbimas (a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity) · af oorlogsverklaring (a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity) · cmn 宣戰 /宣战 (a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity) · hu hadüzenet (a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity) · nn krigserklæring (a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity) · ca declaració de guerra (a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity) · uk оголо́шення війни́ (a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity) · es declaración de guerra (a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity) · pl wypowiedzenie wojny (a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity) · de Kriegserklärung (a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity) · sv krigsförklaring (a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity) · ja 宣戦布告 (a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity) · nl oorlogsverklaring (a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity) · fr déclaration de guerre (a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity) · be абвешчанне вайны (a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity) · is stríðsyfirlýsing (a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity) · nb krigserklæring (a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity) · el κήρυξη πολέμου (a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity) · tr harp ilâni (a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity) · vo krigisag (a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity) · be абвяшчэнне вайны (a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity) · ro declarație de război (a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity) · eu gerra-deklarazio (a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity) · da krigserklæring (a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity) · it dichiarazione di guerra (a formal announcement by an entity that it is in a state of war with another entity)