war: a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply
entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)
scopes trial: a highly publicized trial in 1925 when John Thomas Scopes violated a Tennessee state law by teaching evolution in high school; Scopes was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow; Scopes was convicted but the verdict was later reversed