uti possidetis
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The principle of a treaty which leaves belligerents mutually in possession of the acquisitions they have gained by force during the war.
Example Sentences
- "1833, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States The peace of Breda, in 1667, confirmed the title in the conquerors by the rule of uti possidetis. In the succeeding Dutch war the colony was reconquered; but it was restored to the Duke of York upon the succeeding peace of 1674."
- "1911, Encyclopædia Britannica in 1206, the king did make an expedition to Poitou, and recovered some of its southern borders. Yet, with his usual inconsequence, he did not follow up his success, but made a two years’ truce with Philip of France on the basis of uti possidetis—which left Normandy and all the territories on and about the Loire in the hands of the conqueror."