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Grotius

American  
[groh-shee-uhs] / ˈgroʊ ʃi əs /

noun

  1. Hugo Huig de Groot, 1583–1645, Dutch jurist and statesman.


Grotius British  
/ ˈɡrəʊtɪəs /

noun

  1. Hugo, original name Huig de Groot. 1583–1645, Dutch jurist and statesman, whose De Jure Belli ac Pacis (1625) is regarded as the foundation of modern international law

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People's rights to land have been debated by philosophers since at least John Locke and Hugo Grotius in the seventeenth century.

From Nature May 29, 2017

Pictet’s views repudiated the vision of the law that had dated back to Grotius.

From Slate Feb. 19, 2013

For instance, Grotius said that speaking falsely to an intruder is not a lie.

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The problem, says Richardson, was that "the old Grotius order was breaking down."

From Time Magazine Archive

Grotius, when he was only thirty, was made pensionary of the city of Rotterdam.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various

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