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Quod Nullius Est

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

EST DOMINI REgis

That which belongs to nobody belongs to our lord the king. Fleta, lib.

3; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 317; Bac. Abr. "Prerogative" (B); 2 Bl. Comm. 260.

QUOD NULLIUS EST ID RATIONE NAturall occupanti conceditur. What belongs to no one, by natural reason belongs to the first occupant.

Inst. 2. 1. 12; 1 Bouv. Inst, note 491; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 316.

QUOD NULLUM EST NULLUM PRODUcit effectum

That which is null produces no effect.

Tray. Lat. Max. 519.