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3 and by comparison, however, they can try to emanate from this general concept of protectorate and, since their new legal and political situation is also called a protectorate, to use it for legal clarification to interpret in the event of legal doubt in order to support political intentions. The importance of such a possibility must be borne in mind all the more so as it can be said in advance that the Imperial Protectorate of Bohemia - Moravia has only the name, not the nature and content in common with the concept of protectorate, which is customary in the area of international law. An operation with the "all-inclusive" concept of protectorate in the manner mentioned above, the obligation to obtain from it a lightening of the legal questions of the Reichsprotektorat, is therefore absurd from the outset and would certainly lead to politically unpleasant consequences. For the general concept of protectorate under international law covers a greater degree of political independence than the Czechs possess on the basis of the Führer's decree. So if they tried to assume that, they start from a point of departure which favors them from the outset. It is therefore of increased political importance to define the particular content of the term protectorate by the Führer's decree, and to distinguish it from the usual views. Therefore, it is expedient to provide an overview of the concept of the Proțektorate, as developed by international law, for the considerations of the Reich Protectorate. saEe 2. The concept of protection under international law The Ausdruek Protectorate comes from the Latin pro tegere and the French protéger = protect. In the context of international law, a protection relationship between two parties is regarded as a protective relationship between the two sides of industry.