legal authorization for use of military force

C18613
concept

A legal authorization for use of military force is a formal governmental or legislative approval that permits specified military actions under defined conditions, limits, and objectives.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
authorization for use of military force 2
United States congressional declaration of war 1
legal authorization for use of military force canonical 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: legal authorization for use of military force
Generated description
A legal authorization for use of military force is a formal governmental or legislative approval that permits specified military actions under defined conditions, limits, and objectives.

Instances (4)

Instance Via concept surface
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
H.J.Res.114 authorization for use of military force
Declaration of war on Japan United States congressional declaration of war
Joint Resolution to promote the maintenance of international peace and security in southeast Asia authorization for use of military force