uti possidetis English

Meaning uti possidetis meaning

What does uti possidetis mean?

uti possidetis noun

— (legal) The principle of a treaty which leaves belligerents mutually in possession of what they have acquired by force during the war.

— (legal, historical, Ancient Rome) A species of interdict granted to one who was in possession of an immovable thing, in order that he might be declared the legal possessor.