Before revision: The interdict's name uti possidetis was a conventional abbreviation of the wording of the praetorial edict: which has been translated
After revision: Much later, when it came to be adopted in international law the abbreviation was represented as Uti possidetis, ita possideatis ("as you possess, so may you possess"), said to be a misrepresentation of the Roman doctrine.The interdict's name uti possidetis was a conventional abbreviation of the wording of the praetorial edict: which has been translated