Nullius Filius
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
The son of nobody; a bastard. Nullius hominis anuctoritas apud nos valero debet, ut meliora non sequeremur si quis attulerit. The authority of no man ought to prevail with us, so far as to prevent our following better [opinions] if any one should present them.
Co. Litt. 3836.