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bona vacantia

bona vacantia [Latin, ownerless goods] : goods that are unclaimed and without an apparent owner [it was trash, in the nature of

Abandoned

Abandoned, in the context in which it occurs in s. 418(1), the meaning which can reasonably be attached to the word 'abandoned' is 'let loose' in the sense of being 'left unattended' and certainly not 'ownerless',...

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Estrays

estrays is only applicable to animals domit' natur', 2 Steph. Com. A valuable tame animal founds wandering and ownerless; an animal that his escaped from its owner and wanders about, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 572.

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