UTI POSSIDETIS

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Uti possidetis \U`ti pos`si*de"tis\ [L., as you possess.]
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   1. (Internat. Law) The basis or principle of a treaty which
      leaves belligerents mutually in possession of what they
      have acquired by their arms during the war. --Brande & C.
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   2. (Roman Law) 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. --Burrill.
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from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

UTI POSSIDETIS. This phrase, which means as you possess, is used in 
international law to signify that the parties to a treaty are to retain 
possession of what they have acquired by force during the war.