casus : Idioms & Phrases

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Casus belli

  • noun an event used to justify starting a war
WordNet
  • an event or combination of events which is a cause war, or may be alleged as a justification of war.
Webster 1913

Casus fortuitus

  • an accident against which due prudence could not have provided. See Act of God, under Act.
Webster 1913

Casus omissus

  • a case not provided for by the statute.
Webster 1913