bona vacantia


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bona vacantia /ˌbəʊnə vəˈkantɪə/
noun Law (in the UK) goods without an apparent owner, to which the Crown may have right.
– origin L., ‘ownerless goods’.
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