- vacantia bona
- (Civil law.) Goods which no one claimed and which by the law of nature belonged to the first occupant or finder. See 1 Bl Comm 298.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
vacantia bona — Goods without an owner; unclaimed goods. Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations … Law dictionary
vacantia bona — noun plural but singular or plural in construction see vacantia … Useful english dictionary
vacantia bona — /vakaensh(iy)a bowna/ In the civil law, goods without an owner, or in which no one claims a property; escheated goods … Black's law dictionary
Bona vacantia — (Latin for vacant goods ) is a common law doctrine in the United Kingdom under which ownerless property passes by law to the Crown. It has largely replaced the doctrine of escheat, which had a similar effect in relation to feudal tenures. The… … Wikipedia
bona vacantia — bo·na va·can·tia / bō nə vā kan shē ə/ n pl [Latin, ownerless goods]: 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.… … Law dictionary
Bona [1] — Bona (lat., Rechtsw.), 1) Alles was sich im Eigenthum des Menschen befinden kann; 2) das äußerlich wahrnehmbare Vermögen, Güter, so: B. aequisīta, erworbene, nicht ererbte Eigengüter, s.u. Allod; B. admanuatiōnis, Behandigungsgüter; B. adventitĭa … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Bona [1] — Bona, lat., Güter, Vermögen, Habe, in der juridischen Sprache mit einer großen Anzahl charakteristischer Beinamen bezeichnet. z.B. b. quaesita, erworbene Güter; b. adventicia. hinzugekommene; b. devoluta, anheimgefallene; b. datalia, Mitgift;… … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
Bona Vacantia — A legal term for the situation in which property is left without any clear owner. The precise handling of such property varies depending on the jurisdiction. In most cases, the property is held by the government, and may be recovered by rightful… … Investment dictionary
bona vacantia — /bowns vsksnsh(iy)s/ Vacant, unclaimed, or stray goods. Those things in which nobody claims a property, and which belonged, under the common law, to the finder, except in certain instances, when they were the property of the king. 1 Bl.Comm. 298… … Black's law dictionary
bona vacantia — /bowns vsksnsh(iy)s/ Vacant, unclaimed, or stray goods. Those things in which nobody claims a property, and which belonged, under the common law, to the finder, except in certain instances, when they were the property of the king. 1 Bl.Comm. 298… … Black's law dictionary