Inventio
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In Civil Law. Finding; one of the modes of acquiring title to property by occupancy. Heinec, lib.
2, tit. 1, I 350.
Sometimes rendered in English "invention." In Old English Law. A thing found; as goods, or treasure trove.
Cowell.
The plural, inventiones, is also used.