Definition of Postliminy. Meaning of Postliminy. Synonyms of Postliminy

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Definition of Postliminy

Postliminy
Postliminium Post`li*min"i*um, Postliminy Post*lim"i*ny, n. [L. postliminium, post after + limen, liminis, a threshold.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) 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. --Burrill. 2. (Internat. 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. --Kent.

Meaning of Postliminy from wikipedia

- that property taken by Indians in a raid were not subject to the rule of postliminy and were still the property of the original owner. On May 27, 1842, Indians...
- (1844). Determined that Indians were not sovereign nations, the rule of postliminy did not apply to property taken by Indians. Republic v. Inglish, Dallam...
- power to possess property. Ius postliminii. In civil law, the right of postliminy, i.e., the right or claim of a person who had been restored to the possession...
- Air warfare 6730-6795..........The end of war. Armistice. Surrender. Postliminy 1040-1065.........Intergovernmental congresses and conferences 1118-1122...