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See: convict, criminal, foe, outlaw PUBLIC ENEMY. This word, used in the singular number, designates a nation at
war with the United States, and includes every member of such nation. Vatt.
1. 3, c. 5, Sec. 70. To make a public enemy, the government of the foreign
country must be at war with the United States; for a mob, how numerous
soever it may be, or robbers, whoever they may be, are never considered as a
public enemy. 2 Marsh. Ins. 508; 3 Esp. R. 131, 132.
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