public enemy
public enemy
pub′lic en′emy
n.
单词 | public enemy |
释义 | public enemypublic enemypub′lic en′emyn. public enemypublic enemyPublic enemyPUBLIC ENEMY. This word, used in the singular number, designates a nation at war with the United States, and includes every member of such nation. Vatt. 1. 3, c. 5, Sec. 70. To make a public enemy, the government of the foreign country must be at war with the United States; for a mob, how numerous soever it may be, or robbers, whoever they may be, are never considered as a public enemy. 2 Marsh. Ins. 508; 3 Esp. R. 131, 132. |
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