postliminium

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Synonyms: postliminous, postliminious, postliminiar, postliminia

Antonyms: postliminous, postliminious, postliminiar, postliminia

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|historical|Roman antiquity}} The return to his own [[country]], and his former [[privilege]]s, of a person who had gone to [[sojourn]] in a [[foreign]] country, or had been [[banish]]ed, or taken by an [[enemy]]<ref>{{R:Burrill Law Dictionary}}</ref>
2. {{lb|en|legal}} 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.

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