UTI POSSIDETIS


Meaning of UTI POSSIDETIS in English

/yooh"tuy pos'i dee"tis/ , Internat. Law.

the principle that vests in either of the belligerents at the end of a war all territory actually occupied and controlled by them.

[ uti possidetis lit., as you possess, as you hold ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .