postliminium
nounEtymology From Latin postlīminium.
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
Law 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:
- Related terms
- postliminiary