Treasure-Trove
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
Literally, treasure found. Money or coin, gold, silver, plate or bullion found hidden in the earth or other private place, the owner thereof being unknown.
1 Bl. Comm. 295.
Calied in Latin "thesaurus inventus;" and in Saxon "fyn-deringa."
See Huthmacher v Harris, 38 Pa. 499, 80 Am. Dec. 502; Livermore v. White, 74 Me. 456, 48 Am. Bep. 600; Sovern v. Yoran, 16 Or. 269, 20 Pan. 100, 8 Am. St Rep. 293.