utrubi
utrubi ([schwa]t-r[schwa]-bI), n. [Latin] Roman law. An interdict for maintaining the status quo of possession of movable property pending a ruling to determine its rightful owner. • In Roman law, this interdict gave possession of movable property to the party who had held it for the greater part of the previous year. Justinian applied the rule of uti possidetis to movables. Cf. UTI POSSIDETIS(2).