RULE OF THE WAR, l756, comm. law, war. A rule relating to neutrals was the
first rule practically, established in 1756, and universally promulgated,
that "neutrals are not to carry on in times of war, a trade which was
interdicted to them in times of peace." Chit. Law of Nat. 166; 2 Rob. n.
186; 4 Rob. App.; Reeve on Ship. 271; 1 Kent, Com. 82; Mann. Law Nat. 196
to 202.