JUS POSTLIMINII
\d͡ʒˈʌs pˈə͡ʊstlɪmˌɪnɪˌa͡ɪ], \dʒˈʌs pˈəʊstlɪmˌɪnɪˌaɪ], \dʒ_ˈʌ_s p_ˈəʊ_s_t_l_ɪ_m_ˌɪ_n_ɪ__ˌaɪ]\
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[L.] "The right of restitution after recapture, as applied in maritime law" now (Brown, Law Dictionary).
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[L.] The right of returning home, and resuming former privileges; the right of a citizen of Rome who, having been made a slave, resumed his rights under a fiction that he had not been in captivity at all.
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See Postliminium.
By Henry Percy Smith
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hydromorphic
- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.