uti possidetis

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  The principle of a treaty which leaves belligerents mutually in possession of what they have acquired by force during the war.
 * 2)  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.
 * 1)  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.