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postliminy

postliminy is the alternative form of postliminium.

Meaning of postliminium

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 postliminy

pluralpostliminies

Questions about postliminy

What is postliminy the alternative form of?
Postliminy is the alternative form of postliminium.

Words near postliminy in the dictionary

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

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