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The following 6 entries include the term nullius.
abbot nullius
noun: an abbot who is exempt from diocesan control and under direct papal jurisdiction and who exercises the authority of an ordinary within the district in which his abbey is situated
nullius filius
noun: an illegitimate child : a bastard having no heritable rights in common law
nullius juris
adjective: having no standing in law : without legal effect or validity
prelate nullius
noun: a Roman Catholic prelate having ordinary jurisdiction over a district independent of any diocese
res nullius
noun: a thing belonging to no one whether because never appropriated (as a wild animal) or because abandoned by its owner but acquirable by appropriation
terra nullius
noun: territory not annexed by any nation
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