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Grotius

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Gro·ti·us  (grsh-s, -shs), Hugo Originally Huig de Groot. 1583-1645.
Dutch jurist, politician, and theologian whose major work Of the Law of War and Peace (1625) is considered the first comprehensive treatise on international law.
Grotius [ˈgrəʊtɪəs]
n
(Biographies / Grotius, Hugo (1583-1645) M, Dutch, LAW: jurist, POLITICS: statesman) Hugo, original name Huig de Groot. 1583-1645, Dutch jurist and statesman, whose De Jure Belli ac Pacis (1625) is regarded as the foundation of modern international law
Grotian  adj
Grotianism  n
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Noun1.Grotius - Dutch jurist and diplomat whose writings established the basis of modern international law (1583-1645)
Hugo Grotius, Huig de Groot


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Van Baerle was sufficiently versed in the history of his country to know that the celebrated Grotius was confined in that castle after the death of Barneveldt; and that the States, in their generosity to the illustrious publicist, jurist, historian, poet, and divine, had granted to him for his daily maintenance the sum of twenty-four stivers.
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It was long ago remarked by Grotius, that nothing but the hatred of his countrymen to the house of Austria kept them from being ruined by the vices of their constitution.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
Grotius himself had been a most distinguished actor and sufferer in those important scenes of internal convulsion, and his work was first published very shortly after the departure of our forefathers from Leyden.
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