Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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bona vacantia

[Latin "vacant goods"] 1. Property not disposed of by a decedent's will and to which no relative is entitled under intestacy laws. See ESCHEAT. 2. Ownerless property; goods without an owner. Bona vacantia often resulted when a deceased person died without an heir willing and able to make a claim. The property either belonged to the finder or escheated to the Crown. - Also termed uacantia bona. - Sometimes shortened to vacantia.

bona vacantia.

See BONA.