Bona Vacantia definition:
Property that belongs to no person, and which may be claimed by a finder.
Also stated to be stray or unclaimed goods.
Bona vacantia
The Latin term "Bona vacantia" means, in a UK legal context: "goods without an owner".
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Bona vacantia - Goods without an owner
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Bona Vacantia:
Property that belongs to no person, and which may be claimed by a finder. In some states, the government becomes owner of all bona vacantia property.
Book Debts:
Accounts receivables owned by a company.
BONA VACANTIA. Goods to which no one claims a property, as, shipwrecks, treasure trove, &c.; vacant goods.
BONA WAVIATA. Goods waived or thrown away by a thief, in his flight, for fear of being apprehended.
Bona vacantia
Definition - Noun
[Latin, ownerless goods]
: goods that are unclaimed and without an apparent owner <it was trash, in the nature of bona vacantia, which the defendants had abandoned United States v. Calise, 217 F. Supp.
 See also: Law, Goods, Court, Person, Thing
  
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