nullius in bonis

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nounnullius in bonis (uncountable)

uncountablelawNo one's property.
...but being the case of a singing bird, though reclaimed, as it is a thing of base nature, it must be considered as nullius in bonis.
1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume IV, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book IV

From Latin nūllīus (“of no one”) (genitive of nūllus) + in + bonīs (“goods, property”) (ablative of bōna).

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