Definitions
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- adjective (Her.) In the position of fighting; -- said of two lions set face to face, each rampant.
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- adjective heraldry In
fighting position; said of twolions set face to face, eachrampant .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Instead they were captured and given the name “enemy combattant”.
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Speer had received medical training, but he was actively leading his squad of soldiers – in other words, playing a combattant role – when he was killed.
Omar Khadr Is A Poster Boy For Human Rights? « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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An illegal combattant could be tried on other crimes and imprisoned beyond this term.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Why Obama Should Seek Legislative Support for Anti-Terror Policies: 2009
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There seems to be a simple solution for the IDF to best identify non-combattant civilians in Gaza from Hamas fighters.
Q. and A. With Taghreed El-Khodary in Gaza - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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These drone attacks might be war, since art. 8(2)(a)(i), the very first point of the very first list, is “wilful killing” (presumably of a non-combattant).
The Volokh Conspiracy » UN Special Rapporteur Criticizes US Predator Program in UN Speech 2009
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Bush and Cheney are behind the loss of our civil liberties de jure, although not de facto, taking the power to declare anyone an enemy combattant and secretly imprisoning them without the right of habaeus corpus or a fair trial, or even any trial at all.
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Bush and Cheney are behind the loss of our civil liberties de jure, although not de facto, taking the power to declare anyone an enemy combattant and secretly imprisoning them without the right of habaeus corpus or a fair trial, or even any trial at all.
DOES ANYONE STILL BELIEVE THAT LESSER EVIL VOTING FOR DEMOCRATS IS A VIABLE STRATEGY? 2008
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Gonzales 'argument is that eavesdropping on an American is MUCH less intrusive than seizing that same person as an enemy combattant, therefore, he argues, the Supreme Court also ruled that the congressional resolution authorized domestic eavesdropping without a warrant.
12/23/2005 2005
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You are looking for inconsistencies where none exist, unlawful combattant status is quite different from POW status.
The Volokh Conspiracy » What Does the Padilla Verdict Mean?: 2007
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Jacques II, son fils, fut tue a vingt-neuf ans en combattant centre les Anglois.
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