vacantia

noun plural but singular or plural in construction

va·​can·​tia

vāˈkanshēə

variants or vacantia bona

-ˈbōnə

: goods without an owner or claimant

specifically : the inheritance of a deceased person when there is no one able and willing to enter

Word History

Etymology

vacantia short for vacantia bona; vacantia bona from New Latin, literally, vacant goods

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