Derelictum
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat. [from derelinquere, to leave or abandon.] Derelict; wilfully abandoned or thrown away.
Inst. 2. 1. 46.
Bract. fol.
8.
That which is without an owner, or which is not in the possession of any one. Calvin's Lex. Jurid.