casus [
'kɑ:sus]
- On September30 th a delegation secretly presented the French with a fabricated casus belli: Israel would invade Egypt and race to the canal.
9月30日,一个授权的代表给法国提供了一个制造出来的开战事件:以色列进攻埃及,并且将攻进到运河。
Casus \Ca"sus\, n. [L.]
An event; an occurrence; an occasion; a combination of
circumstances; a case; an act of God. See the Note under
{Accident}.
{Casus belli}, an event or combination of events which is a
cause war, or may be alleged as a justification of war.
{Casus fortuitus}, an accident against which due prudence
could not have provided. See {Act of God}, under {Act}.
{Casus omissus}, a case not provided for by the statute.
- Even Jordan's King Hussein, while swearing to defend his skies against Israeli incursions, has not threatened to view Israeli violation of his air space as a casus belli.