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usque ad coelum
us·que ad coe·lum
| \ ˈüskwāädˈkȯiləm, ˈəskwēadˈsēləm\
Definition of usque ad coelum
: up to the heavens : as far as heaven
—referring to a rule in law that the owner of land owns the air space above it indefinitely upward the Swiss Government announced that it adopted the principle of territoriality usque ad coelum — Times History of the War
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