jus postliminii

[ juhs pohst-luh-min-ee-ahy ]

noun

, International Law.

1. postliminy.

Word History and Origins

Origin of jus postliminii¹

< Latin: right of postliminy

Example Sentences

This point I will not pursue further, because I understand you to repudiate the idea that you will reduce free men to slaves because of capture in war, and that you base the claim of the Confederate authorities to re-enslave our negro soldiers, when captured by you, upon the jus postliminii, or that principle of the law of nations which inhabilitates the former owner with his property taken by an enemy when such property is recovered by the forces of his own country.

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Until such confirmation, it continues liable to be divested by the jus postliminii.

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The rule by which things taken by the enemy are restored to their former owner, upon coming again under the power of the nation to which they formerly belonged, is termed jus postliminii, or the right of postliminy.

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This jus postliminii becomes of real importance in many cases, but especially in the case of Shakspeare.

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