Res periit domino
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A thing destroyed is lost to its owner. See 162 Ind. 278, 102 Am. St. Rep. 203, 1 Ann. Cas. 460, 65 L. R. A. Ill, 70 N. E. 2fi4. See, also, 9 Harv. L. Rev. 106.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A phrase used to express that, when a thing is lost or destroyed, it is lost to the person who was the owner of it at the time. Broom. Max. 238.
Defined under Res mobiles in Black's Law Dictionary.