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单词 postliminy
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
post•lim•i•ny  (pōst limə nē),USA pronunciation n. [Internat. Law.]
  1. Lawthe 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.
  • Latin postlīminium resumption of rights or recovery of property after return from exile or captivity. See post-, liminal, -ium
  • 1650–60

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
postliminy /pəʊstˈlɪmɪnɪ/, postliminium /ˌpəʊstlɪˈmɪnɪəm/ n ( pl -inies, -inia / -ɪnɪə/)
  1. the right by which persons and property seized in war are restored to their former status on recovery
Etymology: 19th Century: (in this sense): from Latin postlīminium a return behind one's threshold, from līmen threshold
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