ALL meanings of uti possidetis
u·ti pos·si·de·tis
U u - noun uti possidetis the principle that vests in either of the belligerents at the end of a war all territory actually occupied and controlled by them. 1
- noun uti possidetis (law) The principle of a treaty which leaves belligerents mutually in possession of what they have acquired by force during the war. 0
- noun uti possidetis (law, historical, Ancient Rome) 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. 0
- noun uti possidetis the rule that territory and other property remains in the hands of the belligerent state actually in possession at the end of a war unless otherwise provided for by treaty 0