State of war
State of war is
- in the sense of international law, a situation created between two or more states by with or without the declaration of war, see war
- a state of emergency in constitutional law
Historical examples
- Ottoman-Polish War 1633–1634 (state of war without official declaration of war)
- Attack on Poland 1939 (state of war without an official declaration of war)
See also
Wiktionary: state of war - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations