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noun accord, adjustment of differences, alliance, amity, armistice, brotherhood, calm, coexistence, community of interests, conciliation, concordance, concordancy, concordia, consentaneity, consentaneousness, cooperation, end of hostilities, fraternalism, freedom from war, friendliness, good will, harmoniousness, harmony, hush, law and order, lull, neutrality, oneness, order, orderliness, otium, pacification, pact, pax, quiescence, quiet, quietness, rapport, reconciliation, repose, serenity, silence, stillness, suspension of hostilities, tranquility, treaty, truce, unanimity, unity
Associated concepts: breach of the peace, disturbing the peace, peace officer
Foreign phrases: Paci sunt maxime contraria vis et injuria.Violence and injury are especially hostile to peace.

PEACE. The tranquillity enjoyed by a political society, internally, by the good order which reigns among its members, and externally, by the good understanding it has with all other nations. Applied to the internal regulations of a nation, peace imports, in a technical sense, not merely a state of repose and security, as opposed to one of violence and warfare, but likewise a state of public order and decorum. Ham. N. P. 139; 12 Mod. 566. Vide, generally, Bac. Ab. Prerogative, D 4; Hale, Hist. P. C. 160; 3 Taunt. R. 14; 1 B. & A. 227; Peake, R. 89; 1 Esp. R. 294; Harr. Dig. Officer, V 4; 2 Benth. Ev. 319, note. Vide Good behaviour; Surety of the peace.

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17) Upon closer examination, however, "Cooperative Strategy" and its supporting documents fall short of their true potential by failing to recognize fully the important theoretical distinction between peacetime and hostilities.

Naval operations in peacetime: not just "Warfare Lite"

They would all be designed to serve as merchant ships in peacetime, converting to warships when needed by plugging in modularized weapons and sensors.

Ruling the seas, for less

It also says civilians are tried by civilian courts in case they commit a crime, under the jurisdiction of the military courts, during peacetime.

(GEN) TURKISH MINISTER DEFINES MILITARY COURT LAW AS A DEMOCRATIZATION STEP

These are the same virtues required to navigate peacetime faithfully as well.

Can a war against terror be just? Or, what is just war good for?

Besides our fuels effort, we also provide real-time audit support for peacetime operations such as the Hurricane Katrina disaster.

Notes from the Auditor General of the Air Force

Amateur aviation archeologists should keep in mind that these sites are silent memorials to those who served and sacrificed in both war and peacetime.

Relics of Naval Aviation's past

Obviously, this judgment plays a major role in developing our wartime tactics and game plans, but this proper mission versus risk balance is just as crucial to our peacetime training.

Balancing risk & mission: what level of risk should we accept during training?

But the limited social freedom that John, Laura, and other military personnel enjoy with their loved ones in peacetime disappears in times of war.

Family life during wartime; "don't ask, don't tell" is keeping America's gay soldiers in the closet as they fight overseas--but what is it doing to the loved ones they've left behind?

The Psychological Operations units support national security objectives during peacetime, contingencies and war.

CIBER awarded multi-mil $ contract by U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Ops Command

While the subject of last issue's cover story, the possibility of war with Iraq, continues to be a focus of media attention and public discussion, major ongoing peacetime concerns shouldn't be allowed to fall by the wayside.

The issue at hand

In recent weeks Australians have gone through the agony of our worst peacetime disaster--the Bali bombing--in which 180 people died, half of them Australian, almost certainly at the hands of Muslim extremists.

From John Bond, Canberra, Australia. (Letters)

National Marine Fisheries Service and the Navy, BMMS asserted: "Mitigation of naval activities during peacetime appears to be the only reasonable solution to this problem.