uti possidetis (English, noun)
expansion: uti possidetis
Senses:
topics: law
glosses: The principle of a treaty which leaves belligerents mutually in possession of what they have acquired by force during the war.
topics: law
glosses: A species of interdict granted to one who was in possession of an immovable thing, in order that he might be declared the legal possessor.
tags: Ancient-Rome
historical
Forms: