postliminy: Meaning and Definition of

post•lim•i•ny

Pronunciation: (pōst-lim'u-nē), [key]
— n. Internat. Law.
  1. the right by which persons and things taken 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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