1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ARMISTICE (from Lat. arma, arms, and titter e, to »top), a suspension of hostilities by mutual agreement between two nations at war, or their respective force*. An armistice may be either general or particular; in the first case there is a complete cessation of hostile operations in every part of the dominions of the belligerent powers; in the second there is merely a temporary truce between two contending armies, or between a besieged fortress and the force besieging it. Such a temporary truce, when for a very lim…
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