Meaning of terra nullius | Babel Free

Definitions

Empty land; land not legally belonging to anyone; no man's land.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“When Aboriginal people showed up which they inevitably did they had to be subjected, incarcerated or eradicated: to keep⟳ the myth of terra nullius alive.”

“Following the breakup of former Yugoslavia in 1991, seven new states emerged in the region with many border⟳ disputes that left some territories as terrae nullius, or no-man’s lands.”

“This overgrown and unremarkable little swamp is terra nullius. Under vaguely defined and loosely enforced international law, the first person who claims sovereignty over terra nullius can have⟳ it.”

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