terra nulliusn.

Brit.

/ˌtɛrə ˈnʌlɪəs/, U.S.

/ˌtɛrə ˈnəliəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin terra, Latin nūllius, nūllus.

Etymology: < classical Latin terra terra n. + nūllius, genitive of nūllus no one (see nullus n.). Compare post-classical Latin terra nullius (17th cent. or earlier).

International Law.

Land that is legally unoccupied or uninhabited. In Australia the question of whether British colonizers had regarded the continent as terra nullius at the time of the original settlement, and, if so, whether this was a proper designation, was at the centre of several important legal cases in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, chief among them Mabo v Queensland. Cf. Mabo n.

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1844 Colonial Gaz. 3 Feb. 65/2 It is a misfortune to which the cause of colonization—like every other great cause unduly neglected by practical statesmen—is subjected, that it is apt to be occupied as an ownerless field, terra nullius, by a horde of mere bookmen and theorists.

1866 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 472 Great Britain and Russia claimed that it was terra nullius, that it was still open to discovery and occupation.

1914 T. Barclay Thirty Years xiii. 155 It was only later that the ‘terra nullius’ theory was relied upon as a justification for the hoisting of the French flag at Fashoda.

1981 Canberra Times 13 Nov. 6/7 Around the world land was claimed under the false pretence that it was unoccupied or terra nullius.

2013 New Yorker 25 Mar. 80/2 Until about twenty years ago, the entire Australian continent was considered to have been, for legal purposes, terra nullius, land belonging to no one, at the moment British settlement began.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	terra nullius
释义	terra nulliusn. Brit. /ˌtɛrə ˈnʌlɪəs/, U.S. /ˌtɛrə ˈnəliəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin terra, Latin nūllius, nūllus. Etymology: < classical Latin terra terra n. + nūllius, genitive of nūllus no one (see nullus n.). Compare post-classical Latin terra nullius (17th cent. or earlier). International Law. Land that is legally unoccupied or uninhabited. In Australia the question of whether British colonizers had regarded the continent as terra nullius at the time of the original settlement, and, if so, whether this was a proper designation, was at the centre of several important legal cases in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, chief among them Mabo v Queensland. Cf. Mabo n. ΚΠ 1844 Colonial Gaz. 3 Feb. 65/2 It is a misfortune to which the cause of colonization—like every other great cause unduly neglected by practical statesmen—is subjected, that it is apt to be occupied as an ownerless field, terra nullius, by a horde of mere bookmen and theorists. 1866 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 472 Great Britain and Russia claimed that it was terra nullius, that it was still open to discovery and occupation. 1914 T. Barclay Thirty Years xiii. 155 It was only later that the ‘terra nullius’ theory was relied upon as a justification for the hoisting of the French flag at Fashoda. 1981 Canberra Times 13 Nov. 6/7 Around the world land was claimed under the false pretence that it was unoccupied or terra nullius. 2013 New Yorker 25 Mar. 80/2 Until about twenty years ago, the entire Australian continent was considered to have been, for legal purposes, terra nullius, land belonging to no one, at the moment British settlement began. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1844
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