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Res nullius

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RES NULLIUS. A thing which has no owner. A thing which has been abandoned by its owner is as much res nullius as if it had never belonged to any one.
     2. The first possessor of such a thing becomes the owner, res nullius fit primi occupantis. Bowy. Com. 97.



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