ownerless

/'ounəlis/

Thân thiện

The stray cat was an ownerless animal.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having no owner: Describes something that does not belong to or is not claimed by any person or entity. It is without a legal or recognized proprietor.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The stray dog appeared to be ownerless and was taken to the shelter.
  • After the war, many houses stood ownerless and abandoned.
  • The law dictates how to handle ownerless property found in public spaces.

Advanced Usage

• "Bona vacantia": A legal term for ownerless property, which often passes to the state.
  • The unclaimed estate was treated as bona vacantia, or ownerless goods.
• "Res nullius": A Latin legal term meaning "nobody's thing," referring to ownerless items that can be appropriated by the first person who takes possession.
  • In some legal systems, wild animals are considered res nullius, or ownerless, until captured.

Variants and Related Words

• Ownerlessness (n): The state or condition of having no owner.
  • The ownerlessness of the land led to a complex legal dispute.

Synonyms

• Unclaimed: Not demanded or requested by an owner.
• Abandoned: Left completely and finally; forsaken utterly.
• Derelict: Left or deserted, as by the owner or guardian; abandoned.

Antonyms

• Owned: Possessed; belonging to someone.
• Claimed: Asserted ownership of; demanded as one's own.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having no owner

Từ đồng nghĩa

• unowned