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bona vacantia
noun plural
bo·na va·can·tia
\ˈbō-nə-vā-ˈkan-shē-ə\
Legal Definition of bona vacantia
: goods that are unclaimed and without an apparent owner it was trash, in the nature of bona vacantia, which the defendants had abandoned — United States v. Calise, 217 F. Supp. 705 (1962)
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Origin and Etymology of bona vacantia
Latin, ownerless goods
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