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CAPTIVE (from Lat. capere, to take)

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 294 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CAPTIVE (from See also:Lat. capere, to take)  , one who is captured in warfare . As a See also:term of See also:International See also:Law, it has been displaced by that of " prisoner of See also:war." The position and treatment of captives or prisoners of war is now dealt with fully in See also:chapter ii. of the regulations annexed to the See also:Hague See also:Convention respecting the See also:Laws and Customs of War on See also:Land, of the 18th of See also:October 1907 . See See also:PEACE See also:CONFERENCE and WAR; also See also:Sir T.See also:Barclay, supplement to Problems of International Practice and See also:Diplomacy, for comparison of texts of 1899 and 1907 .

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