Postliminium
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Postliminium is a noun meaning (law) The right by virtue of which persons and things taken by an enemy in war are restored to their former state when coming again under the power of the nation to which they belonged.
Meaning
(law) The right by virtue of which persons and things taken by an enemy in war are restored to their former state when coming again under the power of the nation to which they belonged.
More Meanings
- (historical, Roman antiquity) The return to his own country, and his former privileges, of a person who had gone to sojourn in a foreign country, or had been banished, or taken by an enemy
Example Sentences
Postliminium […]is a right recognized by the law of nations , and contributes essentially to mitigate the calamities of war
Word Forms
- postliminia
- postliminy
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include principate, libertine, province, colonus, novel, deductor.
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