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    Uti possidetis is an expression that originated in Roman private law, where it was the name of a procedure about possession of land. Later, by a misleading...
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  • Uti possidetis juris or uti possidetis iuris (Latin for "as [you] possess under law") is a principle of international law which provides that newly formed...
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    the South American colonies were over, Simón Bolívar established the uti possidetis juris principle as the basis for the territorial demarcation of the...
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  • any territorial, economic, or political rights. This contrasts with uti possidetis, where each side retains whatever territory and other property it holds...
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    was the "critical date" in that specific case. Under the principle of uti possidetis juris, the boundaries of former colonies must be respected by all states...
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    territory of Israel, and the rule of customary international law of uti possidetis juris. Hausdorff appeared on the debate program "Intelligence Squared...
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    Islamabad and Kabul. Pakistan believes, and international convention under uti possidetis juris supports, the position that it should not require an agreement...
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    the basis of disagreements over the boundaries corresponding to the uti possidetis juris inherited from the Spanish Empire. The extensive territory corresponds...
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  • Argentina from Spain upon independence in 1816, a principle known as uti possidetis juris. That the British dropped their claim by acquiescence by not protesting...
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  • property Adverse possession ("possession is nine-tenths of the law") Uti possidetis Usucapio/Usucaption Theft by finding Parker v British Airways Board...
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    exploration in the area, but which Britain claimed on the basis of uti possidetis. It has sometimes been claimed that the British government's objections...
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    principle Original appropriation Pedis possessio Seasteading Usucaption Uti possidetis Even as to terra nullius, like a volcanic island, or territory abandoned...
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    solution through dialogue. Venezuela believes that the principle of uti possidetis would apply in the situation. Guyana's leadership rejects direct dialogue...
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    mechanism. Moreover, new states were recognized by the legal doctrine of uti possidetis juris, meaning that old administrative boundaries would become international...
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  • doctrine. Bell, Abraham; Kontorovich, Eugene (8 March 2016). "Palestine, Uti Possidetis Juris and the Borders of Israel" (PDF). Arizona Law Review. 58: 633–692...
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    prohibendi), and in case of persistence, he can resort to interdicta uti possidetis and quod vi aut clam or to the corresponding negatory actions. For his...
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    Spanish republics agreed amongst themselves to recognize the principle of uti possidetis, meaning new states would have the same borders as their predecessor...
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    principle of uti possidetis, with respect to the region. This was the first assertion of the principle from Roman law of uti possidetis, ita possideatis...
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    demand any territorial claims against the United States on the basis of uti possidetis, i.e., retaining territory they held at the end of hostilities. The...
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    of Magellan Dispute. In blue and green are the boundaries claimed by Argentine and Chilean historians respectably as uti possidetis iuris in Patagonia....
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  • weakness of his antagonist's." The principle bears some similarity to uti possidetis ("as you possess, so may you continue to possess"), which currently...
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    Sevilla, y acompañados de breves consideraciones sobre el verdadero Uti possidetis juris de 1810 Archived 2014-08-19 at the Wayback Machine, Camacho Roldan...
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    revanchism may create, seek to correct, or both) Status quo ante bellum Uti possidetis Jay, Robert (1984). "Alphonse de Neuville's 'The Spy' and the Legacy...
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    Greenland was the "critical date" in that case. Under the principle of Uti possidetis juris, all states must respect former colonies' boundaries. This was...
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    establishing a precise border between the two countries based on the uti possidetis juris principle. Despite dividing largely unexplored lands, the treaty...
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    Trubetskoy and Chancellor Aleksey Bestuzhev to demand the application of uti possidetis principle in this case. By acquiring Finland, Russian politicians aspired...
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    and agreed to proclaim their limits in the basis of the principle of uti possidetis juris, which regarded the Spanish borders of 1810 as the borders of...
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    and agreed to proclaim their limits in the basis of the principle of uti possidetis juris, which regarded the Spanish borders of 1810 as the borders of...
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  • the ground Fait accompli De facto Status quo ante bellum Revanchism Uti possidetis Gérard Kreijen (2002). State, sovereignty, and international governance...
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  • was the "critical date" in that specific case. Under the principle of Uti possidetis juris, the boundaries of former colonies must be respected by all states...
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