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Casus belli

noun
1.
An event used to justify starting a war.





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... head of the funeral procession, that he "corralled" all the little "niggers" within his district the next day, to select from them a few drummers and fifers; and I believe there would have been a "casus belli" if our little musicians had been sent ashore, for I doubt if he could have resisted the temptation ...
— The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner • John Wilkinson


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