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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD POSTLIMINY

(In this sense): from Latin postlīminium a return behind one's threshold, from līmen threshold.
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PRONUNCIATION OF POSTLIMINY

postliminy  [pəʊstˈlɪmɪnɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POSTLIMINY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Postliminy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POSTLIMINY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of postliminy in the English dictionary

The definition of postliminy in the dictionary is the right by which persons and property seized in war are restored to their former status on recovery.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POSTLIMINY


bigeminy
baɪˈdʒemɪnɪ
crimine
ˈkrɪmɪnɪ
criminy
ˈkrɪmɪnɪ
dominee
ˈduːmɪnɪ
dominie
ˈdɒmɪnɪ
feminie
ˈfɛmɪnɪ
geminy
ˈdʒɛmɪnɪ
hominy
ˈhɒmɪnɪ
ignominy
ˈɪɡnəˌmɪnɪ
jiminy
ˈdʒɪmɪnɪ
jimminy
ˈdʒɪmɪnɪ
Melpomene
mɛlˈpɒmɪnɪ
micromini
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌmɪnɪ
miminy-piminy
ˌmɪmɪnɪˈpɪmɪnɪ
mini
ˈmɪnɪ
minnie
ˈmɪnɪ
niminy-piminy
ˈnɪmɪnɪˈpɪmɪnɪ
Rimini
ˈrɪmɪnɪ
supermini
ˈsuːpəˌmɪnɪ
verminy
ˈvɜːmɪnɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POSTLIMINY

postlanding
postlapsarian
postlaunch
postliberation
postliminary
postliminia
postliminiary
postliminies
postliminious
postliminium
postliminous
postliterate
postlude
postman
postman´s knock
postmarital
postmark
postmarked
postmastectomy
postmaster

WORDS THAT END LIKE POSTLIMINY

bliny
brainy
destiny
grainy
liny
Manifest Destiny
miny
mutiny
piny
Pliny
rainy
scrutiny
shiny
spiny
tiny
twiny
veiny
viny
whiny
winy

Synonyms and antonyms of postliminy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «postliminy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POSTLIMINY

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postliminy
1,325 millions of speakers

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postliminy
570 millions of speakers

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postliminy
510 millions of speakers

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postliminy
380 millions of speakers
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postliminy
280 millions of speakers

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postliminy
278 millions of speakers

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postliminy
270 millions of speakers

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postliminy
260 millions of speakers

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postliminy
220 millions of speakers

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Postliminy
190 millions of speakers

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postliminy
180 millions of speakers

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postliminy
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

postliminy
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Posliminy
85 millions of speakers
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postliminy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

postliminy
75 millions of speakers

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पोस्टिलिनी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

postliminy
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

postliminy
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

postliminy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

postliminy
40 millions of speakers

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postliminy
30 millions of speakers
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postliminy
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

postliminy
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

postliminy
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

postliminy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of postliminy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POSTLIMINY»

The term «postliminy» is normally little used and occupies the 146.058 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POSTLIMINY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about postliminy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POSTLIMINY»

Discover the use of postliminy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to postliminy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Elements of International Law and Laws of War
another, even though the latter be a slave-holding power, is free, and being thus placed under the shield of the law of nations, the former owner or state can have by the law of postliminy no belligerent lien or claim of service. § 3. Postliminy in ...
Henry Wager Halleck, 1866
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Hugo Grotius On the Law of War and Peace: Student Edition
Restoration of rights against a free man returning by postliminy Again, just as rights are restored to him who has returned by postliminy, so also rights are revived against him; and . . . such are held just as if he had never been in the power of ...
Hugo Grotius, Stephen C. Neff, 2012
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H. Grotius of the Rights of War and Peace: In Three Volumes ...
Of POSTLIMINY or RETURNJ. ING HOME from C APTIVITYJ l. The Original of the Word Postliminium. p. 144. ll. Where this Right takes Place. p. 14)lll. T hat shine things return, and shme are received ' by this Right of Postliminy. i p. [46 IV.
Hugo Grotius, John Morrice, 1715
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International Law: Or, Rules Regulating the Intercourse of ...
Every power is obliged to conform to the law of nations, relative to postliminy, where the interest of neutrals are concerned, unless otherwise regulated by treaty stipulations. But such conventions or treaty stipulations establish a factitious right, ...
Henry Wager Halleck, 1861
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Balthazaris Ayalae i.c. et exercitus regii apud belgas ...
[21] Further, captives who have returned from the enemy reac- Dig' 5' quire every right which they had forfeited by their captivity: and this is owing to the law of postliminy; but that is not the case if they have given Dig. 49, 15, 19, pr. their parole ...
Balthazar Ayala, John Westlake, John Pawley Bate, 1582
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Of the Rights of War and Peace, 1: In Three Volumes, in ...
CHAP. IX. Of. POSTLIMINY. or. RETURNING. HOME. from. CAPTIVITY. Seft. I. the Original of the Word Poftliminium. p. 144 II. Where this Right takes Place. p. itf III. that fome things return, and fome are received by this Right of Poftliminy. p.
Hugo de Groot, 1715
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Law, the State, and the International Community
Captives who have returned from the enemy reacquire every right which they had forfeited by their captivity: and this is owing to the law of postliminy; but that is not the case if they have given their parole to return to the enemy or not to depart ...
James Brown Scott, 2002
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The American Law Journal and Miscellaneous Repertory
The case of Guelder land, Utrecht, and Over-Tssel, three out of the seven united provinces, comes much more properly within the law of postliminy. In the year 1672, they were taken by the French,* and afterwards recovered by us. While they ...
John Elihu Hall, 1810
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Slavery in International Law: Of Human Exploitation and ...
As Belli explains, “Postliminy rests upon the same law [re: the law of nations] as do war, captivity, and enslavement. It consists in the right to recovery of something in the possession of the enemy”. The right of postliminy applies to both slaves ...
Jean Allain, 2012
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A Treatise on the Law of War
The case of Guelderland, Utrecht, and Over-Tssel, three out of the seven united provinces, comes much more properly within the law of postliminy. In the year 165% they were taken by the French,* and afterwards recovered by us. While they ...
Cornelis van Bijnkershoek, 1810

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