bona vacantia

bona vacantia

property to which no one has a claim; included within the term are the property of dissolved corporations and the residuary estate of persons who have died intestate without relatives entitled to succeed. Bona vacantia goes to the Crown. See OCCUPATION.

Collins Dictionary of Law © W.J. Stewart, 2006

BONA VACANTIA. Goods to which no one claims a property, as, shipwrecks, treasure trove, &c.; vacant goods.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.