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.