(1583–1645), Dutch jurist and diplomat; Latinized name of Huig de Groot. His legal treatise De Jure Belli et Pacis (1625) established the basis of modern international law.
Definition of Grotius, Hugo in US English:
Grotius, Hugo
proper nounˈɡrōSH(ē)əs
(1583–1645), Dutch jurist and diplomat; Latinized name of Huig de Groot. His legal treatise De Jure Belli et Pacis (1625) established the basis of modern international law.