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Definition terra nullius in British English

terra nullius noun

[uncountable] noun
/ˌterə ˈnʌliəs/
1

in Australia, the legal idea that when the first Europeans arrived in Australia the land was owned by no one and therefore they were free to live there. This idea is not now part of Australian law.

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Definition terra nullius in British English