infra praesidia
infra praesidia (in-fr[schwa] pr[schwa]-sid-ee-[schwa]). [Latin “within the defenses”] Hist. The international-law doctrine that someone who captures goods will be considered the owner of the goods if they are brought completely within the captor’s power. • This term is a corruption of the Roman-law term intra praesidia, which referred to goods or persons taken by an […]