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 lawful combatant - Definition 

Combatant (1356 bytes)
1: ... '''combatant''' (also referred to as an '''enemy combatant''') is a [[soldier]] or [[guerrilla]] member who ...
8: A combatant who has [[surrender]]ed or been captured becomes ...
10: ...like acts (such as a [[spy]]) is ''not'' a lawful combatant and is therefore not protected by the laws of war...
14: *[[Non-combatant]]
15: *[[Illegal combatant]]

Non-combatant (682 bytes)
1: '''Non-combatant''' is a military and legal term describing civili...
3: '''See also''': [[Combatant]], [[laws of war]], [[Geneva Conventions]].

Unlawful combatant (16831 bytes)
2: ...ention]]. Countries that identify such unlawful [[combatant]]s may not necessarily accord them the rights of ...
6: ...tion and communicate it to the enemy, or an enemy combatant who without uniform comes secretly through the li...
8: ...oretical distinctions between lawful and unlawful combatants and the legal status thereof.
13: ...onsidered [[Prisoner of war|POW]]. An [[unlawful combatant]] is someone who commits belligerent acts, but do...
48: ...se in armies and militias and the like ('''lawful combatants'''), and then those who are not. Those in armies...

Enemy combatant (6112 bytes)
1: ...whether they have committed a [[crime]], an Enemy Combatant. Once labeled in this way, this person's rights a...
5: ...der-in-Chief]] powers to declare Padilla an enemy combatant and have him moved to a [[Department of Defense]]...
19: ... [[Yaser Esam Hamdi]], had been declared an enemy combatant, and his [[lawyers]] were also suing the [[Govern...
21: ...this point there were these two most famous enemy combatants, and the 600+ in [[Cuba]] not going anywhere in ...
24: *[[Unlawful combatant]]

Naval Combatant (343 bytes)
1: ...fied into several functional areas. The '''Naval Combatant''' is, for purposes of this article, any naval ve...

Future Surface Combatant (1097 bytes)
1: ... vessel however may yet fulfil the Future Surface Combatant capability in replacement of the Type 22 and Type...
14: ...nternet.com/~warship/Today/fsc.htm Future Surface Combatant] - The Royal Navy Postwar

Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (1314 bytes)
1: The '''Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group''' (''Groupe Islamique Combattant Marocain'...

Special Warfare Combatant Craft Crewman Badge (1153 bytes)
3: The '''Special Warfare Combatant Craft Crewman Badge''' is a [[Military badges of ...
5: To receive the Special Warfare Combatant Craft Crewman Badge, a service member must first ...
7: The Special Warfare Combatant Craft Crewman Badge is recognized as the most dif...

Force (law) (1036 bytes)
1: ...uld be examples of expressions in the category of lawful compulsion.
5: ...se that can be an example of unlawful violence or lawful compulsion dependent on who is exercizing the vio...
7: ...fficer]] making an [[arrest]] would be considered lawful compulsion.

Battle of Alfarrobeira (1421 bytes)
9: <tr> <td>Combatant 1</td><td>the kingdom</td></tr>
12: <tr> <td>Combatant 2</td><td>the rebels</td></tr>

MIA (303 bytes)
2: ... '''A'''ction''. The term is used to designate a combatant who has not yet returned or otherwise been accou...

Submersible (205 bytes)
1: ...ne]], and is the normal term for civilian and non-combatant military designs, particularly [[midget submarine...

Detainee (332 bytes)
6: *[[illegal combatant]]

Excusable homicide (307 bytes)
3: ...ure is the unfortunate mischance arising out of a lawful act, such as the playing of a game.

Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef (382 bytes)
1: ... or spring of [[2001]]/[[2002]] as an "[[unlawful combatant]]" in [[Camp X-ray|Guantanamo]] and was kept ther...

Rumsfeld v. Padilla (2724 bytes)
1: ...tem, in the wake of his detainment as an "[[enemy combatant]]." Oral arguments were heard on April 28, 2004.
3: ...eans substantiated) that the citizen is an "enemy combatant." If so, then this new power would preclude the [...
5: ...al counsel. His designation was changed to "enemy combatant," which means that he, like many non-citizen susp...
7: ...rder, had the power to detain Padilla as an enemy combatant.

Third Geneva Convention (6335 bytes)
15: ...otections of the Geneva Convention as "[[unlawful combatant]]s".
17: ...hers who may not fall into the category of lawful combatant could include snipers and special forces, who wea...

Battle of Lützen (1813) (1644 bytes)
14: <td>Combatant 1</td><td>[[France]]</td></tr>
19: <td>Combatant 2</td><td>[[Prussia]], [[Russia]]</td></tr>

Naval ship (2932 bytes)
5: ...the subclass of naval ships designed primarily as combatants, as opposed to support or [[yard]] operations.
13: Surface Combatant - large, heavily armed, surface ships which are d...
15: ...bmersible types regardless of whether employed as combatant, auxiliary, or research and development vehicles ...
17: Patrol Combatant - combatants whose mission may extend beyond coastal duties a...
29: ...f sea states to provide general support to either combatant forces or shore based establishments. (Includes s...

Civilian (2617 bytes)
1: ...is a [[war crime]] to deliberately attack a [[non-combatant]] civilian or wantonly and unnecessarily destroy ...
5: ...ice, the neat division between combatants and non-combatants implicit in such treaties can be very unclear, p...
9: ...[[Law of land warfare]], [[combatant]]. [[illegal combatant]].

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