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postliminium

postliminium noun: 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.

Noun

postliminium (countable and uncountable, plural postliminia)

  1. (Roman, historical) 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
  2. 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.
    • Postliminium […]is a right recognized by the law of nations , and contributes essentially to mitigate the calamities of war1826, James Kent, Commentaries on American Law

Forms of postliminium

pluralpostliminia
alternative formpostliminy

Origin of postliminium

From Latin postlīminium.

Questions about postliminium

What does postliminium mean?
Postliminium means 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.
What part of speech is postliminium?
Postliminium is a noun.
What is the plural of postliminium?
The plural of postliminium is postliminia.

Words near postliminium in the dictionary

  1. postliminary
  2. postliminia
  3. postliminiary
  4. postliminies
  5. postliminious
  6. postliminium
  7. postliminous
  8. postliminy
  9. postlingual
  10. postlingually
  11. postlinguistic

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