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BOOK 3, CHAPTER 21On Good Faith During War; Herein Also Concerning a Truce,
the Right of Safe-conduct, and the Ransom of PrisonersI. What a truce is, and whether this interval is to be considered as peace or warII. The derivation of the wordIII. A new declaration of war after a truce is not necessaryIV. How the period of time fixed for a truce ought to be reckonedV. When a truce begins to be bindingVI. What is lawful during a truceVII. Whether during a truce it is lawful to retreat and repair walls, and the likeVIII. A distinction regarding the seizure of places in time of truceIX. Whether, at the end of the truce, one can return who has been detained by force majeure.
X. Of special agreements in truces and the questions wont to arise therefromXI. When the terms of a truce have been violated by the one side, the other may begin warXII. What if a penalty, in case of violation of the truce, has been added?
XIII. When the acts of private citizens break the truceXIV. What interpretation ought to be put on the right of safe-conduct outside of the. period of truceXV. Who may be classed under the term combatantsXVI. How, in this connection, we are to understand the terms go, come, and departXVII. On the extension of this to personsXVIII. On the extension of safe-conduct to baggageXIX. Who are included under the terms attendants and nationalityXX. Whether a right of safe-conduct is annulled by the death of the grantorXXI. What if a right of safe-conduct has been granted subject to the pleasure of the grantor?
XXII. Whether security outside of the territory also is dueXXIII. The favor of ransoming captivesXXIV. Whether ransom may be forbidden by law is explained with the help of a distinction.
XXV. Can the right to a captive be transferred?
XXVI. A ransom can be owed to several by one personXXVII. Whether an agreement can be annulled on the ground that the wealth of the captive was unknownXXVIII. What goods of the captive belong to the captor.XXIX. Whether the heir owes the price of ransom is explained, with the help of a distinction.
XXX. Whether a person, who has been released in order to free another, ought to return if the other has died |
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