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terra nullius


(Latin: "land belonging to no one") region that has never been governed by a country or nation.
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A concept in international law meaning 'a territory belonging to no-one' or 'over which no-one claims ownership'. The concept is related to the legal acceptance of occupation as an original means of peacefully acquiring territory. However, a fundamental condition of a valid occupation is that the territory should belong to no-on [..]
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(see Native Title) A concept in international law meaning 'a territory belonging to no-one' or 'over which no-one claims ownership'. The concept has been used to justify the invasi [..]
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(toggle)A concept in international law meaning 'a territory belonging to no-one' or 'over which no-one claims ownership'. The concept is related to the legal acceptance of occupation, as an original means of peacefully acquiring territory. However, a fundamental condition of a valid occupation is that the territory should belong [..]
Source: noongarculture.org.au (offline)

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The colonial doctrine of “empty land,” that colonized land was empty of human inhabitants and therefore could be claimed and settled by colonists.
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Terra nullius is a Latin term that means land belonging to no one or no man's land. In international law, a territory which has never been subject to the sovereignty of any state, or over which a [..]
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Uninhabited land
Source: latin-dictionary.org (offline)

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Latin, ‘nobody’s land’. Terra nullius
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Unoccupied land (Latin). The presumption about Australia in 1788.
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