Etymology

jus in bello

Today it means: the law that governs the way in which warfare is conducted. Full definition →

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From Latin jūs (“law, right”) + in (“in”) + bellō (“war”, ablative case of bellum).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.