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postliminium
[ pohst-luh-min-ee-uhm ]
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Word History and Origins
Origin of postliminium1
From Latin; postliminy
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Example Sentences
International Law can deal only with such effects of postliminium as are international.
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If the occupant has performed acts which are not legitimate acts of warfare, postliminium makes their invalidity apparent.
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Thus postliminium means that the captive returns by the same threshold at which he was lost.
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A captive who is recovered after a victory over the enemy is deemed to have returned by postliminium.
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For a thing is lost in the same manner as it is recovered by postliminium.
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