D defs.my
Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Uti possidetis

· U·ti pos·si·de·tis · IPA
01 The basis or principle of a treaty which leaves belligerents mutually in possession of what they have acquired by their arms during the war.
  1. 1.
    The basis or principle of a treaty which leaves belligerents mutually in possession of what they have acquired by their arms during the war.(Internat. Law)
  2. 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.(Roman Law)