Category:Uti possidetis

U`ti pos`si*de"tis. Etym: [l., as you possess.]

1. (internat. Law)

Defn: the basis or principle of a treaty which leaves belligerents Mutually in possession of what they have acquired by their arms During the war. Brande & c.

2. (roman law)

Defn: 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. Burrill.