Jus postliminii
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 2 U.S. 1 - Miller v. The Ship Resolution · 1781Most cited · 21 citing opinions
The ordinance of Congress is in truth a new regulation of the jus post liminii, and limits it to a recapture within twenty-four hours, and therefore can only relate to the subjects of the United States
How often courts cite the cases defining “Jus postliminii”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “Jus postliminii” — 27 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1781–1816
An interest acquired by possession, devested by the loss of possession from the very nature of a title acquired in war.
recapture rule