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Nullius Filius

A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

I. A son of nobody; a bastard. Nullins hoiuinls anetoritas, apud nos Talere debet ut meliora nou sequereraur si quis attulerit: the authority of no man ought to prevail with us, so far as to prevent our following better [opinions] if any one should present them. Nullius in bonis: among the property of no person; not a subject of private property.

In old English law

Nullius juris: of no legal force.