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postliminy
Variant of postliminium
postliminium
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post·li·min·ium (pōst′li min′ē əm)
noun
in international law, the rule by which persons or things captured in war resume their original status when restored to the jurisdiction of their own country
also postliminy post′·lim′i·ny (-lim′ə nē)
Etymology: L, a return behind one's threshold < post, behind (see post-) + limen, threshold: see limen
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