res nullius
noun
res nul·li·us
ˌrāsnəˈlēəs,
rāˈsnu̇lē-;
ˌrēznəˈlīəs,
rēzˈnəlēəs
1
: a thing belonging to no one whether because never appropriated (as a wild animal) or because abandoned by its owner but acquirable by appropriation
2
: property not subject to private ownership under Roman law
Word History
Etymology
Late Latin, literally, thing of no one
- fortuitism
- fortuitist
- fortuitists
- fortuitous
- fortuitously
- fortuitousness
- fortuitousnesses
- fortuity
- fortunae
- fortunas
- fortunate
- fortunately
- fortunateness
- fortunatenesses
- fortunates
- fortune
- fortune cookie
- fortune hunter
- fortune line
- fortune teller
- fortune tellers
- fortune-tell
- fortune-teller
- fortune-tellers
- fortune-telling