Uti possidetis

Noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.NounThe principle of a treaty which leaves belligerents mutually in possession of the acquisitions they have gained by force during the war.

2.NounA species of interdict granted to one who was in possession of an immovable thing, in order that he might be declared the legal possessor.

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