Definition of: postliminium

(pōst′li·min′ē·əm) noun
In international law, a right (Latin jus postliminii), derived from Roman law, whereby persons or things taken in war by the enemy are restored to their former civil condition or previous ownership upon their coming again under the power of the nation to which they belonged. Also post·lim·i·ny (pōst·lim′ə·nē). [<L <post after, behind + limen, liminis a threshold]