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postliminium

/pohst-luh-min-ee-uhm/US // ˌpoʊst ləˈmɪn i əm //

后期,后记,后期阶段,事后

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural post·li·min·i·a [pohst-luh-min-ee-uh]. /ˌpoʊst ləˈmɪn i ə/. International Law.

    • : postliminy.

Examples

  • International Law can deal only with such effects of postliminium as are international.

  • If the occupant has performed acts which are not legitimate acts of warfare, postliminium makes their invalidity apparent.

  • Thus postliminium means that the captive returns by the same threshold at which he was lost.

  • A captive who is recovered after a victory over the enemy is deemed to have returned by postliminium.

  • For a thing is lost in the same manner as it is recovered by postliminium.