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Cuius regio eius religio.  kū´yūs rā´gēō ā´yūs rālē´gēō.   kyū´jus re´jyō e´jus ruli´jēō.  

Source:
Guide to Latin in International Law
Author(s):

Aaron X. Fellmeth,

Maurice Horwitz

“Whosever territory, his religion.” The principle, established by the Treaty of Westphalia of 1648, that the prince of any particular principality determines the religion of the inhabitants of that principality. The maxim has sometimes been applied as an expression of the concept of a state’s sovereignty over its own territory.... ...

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