Overwinningsrecht (English: “Right of conquest”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Legal basis by which the Netherlands acquired Atjeh after the capture of the Kraton and death of the Sultan in 1874.

Translation

Right of conquest

Description

Legal basis by which the Netherlands acquired Atjeh after the capture of the Kraton and death of the Sultan in 1874.

Significance

The term Overwinningsrecht is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.

See Also

Source

Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 320.