Meaning & use
Postliminium
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In law, the principle by which persons or property recovered from an enemy are restored to their former legal status, as if never captured.
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Under postliminium, the returning prisoners of war regained their former citizenship rights.
The treaty's postliminium clause addressed the status of territory reclaimed after the war.
A note on using this word
Rooted in Roman law, where it originally applied to citizens and property recovered after capture by an enemy state.
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postliminy
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