usque ad coelum

us·​que ad coe·​lum

ˈüskwāädˈkȯiləm,

ˈəskwēadˈsēləm

: 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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