\In`ter*na"tion*al\, a. [Pref. inter- + national:
cf. F. international.]
1. Between or among nations; pertaining to the intercourse of
   nations; participated in by two or more nations; common
   to, or affecting, two or more nations.
2. Of or concerning the association called the International.
{International code} (Naut.), a common system of signaling
   adopted by nearly all maritime nations, whereby
   communication may be had between vessels at sea.
{International copyright}. See under {Copyright}.
{International law}, the rules regulating the mutual
   intercourse of nations. International law is mainly the
   product of the conditions from time to time of
   international intercourse, being drawn from diplomatic
   discussion, textbooks, proof of usage, and from recitals
   in treaties. It is called public when treating of the
   relations of sovereign powers, and private when of the
   relations of persons of different nationalities.
   International law is now, by the better opinion, part of
   the common law of the land. Cf. Conflict of laws, under
   {Conflict}. --Wharton.

\In`ter*na"tion*al\, n. [Cf. F. internationale.]
1. The International; an abbreviated from of the title of the
   International Workingmen's Association, the name of an
   association, formed in London in 1864, which has for
   object the promotion of the interests of the industrial
   classes of all nations.
2. A member of the International Association.