Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Roman antiquity, the return of a person who had been banished, or taken prisoner by an enemy, to his old condition and former privileges.
- noun In international law, that right by virtue of which persons and things taken by an enemy in war are restored to their former status when coming again under the power of the nation to which they belonged.
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“Postliminary” is then defined as “Relating to or involving the right of postliminy.”
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“Postliminary” is then defined as “Relating to or involving the right of postliminy.”
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G j b, They were counsailed of som bodye not to contende to be called supremes, as longe as they are still postremes, but the word that buttonholed me was postliminy, which turns out to mean 'In Rom.
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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.
The Laws Of War, Affecting Commerce And Shipping H. Byerley Thomson
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Real property, which is easily identified, is more completely within the right of postliminy than moveable property, which is more transitory in its nature, and less easily recognized.
The Laws Of War, Affecting Commerce And Shipping H. Byerley Thomson
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The word “postliminy” is listed in the OED as “Roman Law.
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The word “postliminy” is listed in the OED as “Roman Law.
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During war, the right of postliminy can only be claimed in the tribunals of the belligerent powers, and not in the courts of neutrals; for by a general law of nations, neutrals have no right to enquire into any captures, except such as are an infringement of their own neutrality. [
The Laws Of War, Affecting Commerce And Shipping H. Byerley Thomson
qms commented on the word postliminy
In custom to be much commended
The captive, when exile is ended,
Thanks to postliminy
Sits nigh his old chimney,
His wounds and his memories mended.
January 27, 2015