Derelict
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
civil law, are goods voluntarily abandoned by their owner; he must, however, leave them, not only ste spe revertendt, but also sine antmo fevertendt; his intention to abandon them may be inferred by a great length of time during which he may have been out of possession, without any attempt to regain it.
1 Bro. Civ. Law, 239; 2 Bro. Civ. Law, 51; Wood’s Civ. Law, 156; 19 Amer. Jur. 219, 223, 222; Dane’s Ab. Index, h. t.