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Meaning of "bona vacantia" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BONA VACANTIA

bona vacantia  [ˈbəʊnə vəˈkæntɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BONA VACANTIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bona vacantia is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BONA VACANTIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Bona vacantia

Bona vacantia is a legal concept associated with property that has no owner. It exists in various jurisdictions, with consequently varying application, but with origins mostly in English law.

Definition of bona vacantia in the English dictionary

The definition of bona vacantia in the dictionary is unclaimed goods.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BONA VACANTIA


absentia
æbˈsɛntɪə
daintier
ˈdeɪntɪə
flintier
ˈflɪntɪə
frontier
ˈfrʌntɪə
jauntier
ˈdʒɔːntɪə
kentia
ˈkɛntɪə
Lentia
ˈlɛntɪə
Numantia
njuːˈmæntɪə
orthodontia
ˌɔːθəʊˈdɒntɪə
periodontia
ˌperɪəˈdɒntɪə
prosthodontia
ˌprɒsθəˈdɒntɪə
santir
ˈsæntɪə
scantier
ˈskæntɪə
strontia
ˈstrɒntɪə
Valentia
vəˈlɛntɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BONA VACANTIA

bon mot
bon ton
bon vivant
bon viveur
bon voyage
Bona
bona fide
bona fides
bonaci
Bonaire
bonamano
bonamia
bonamiasis
bonanza
Bonanza State
Bonaparte
Bonapartism
Bonapartist
Bonar Law
bonasus

WORDS THAT END LIKE BONA VACANTIA

amentia
anodontia
astrantia
Constantia
definientia
dementia
differentia
entia
exodontia
Florentia
in absentia
marchantia
opuntia
Placentia
presenile dementia
respondentia
senile dementia
sententia
tradescantia
vasa deferentia

Synonyms and antonyms of bona vacantia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bona vacantia» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BONA VACANTIA

Find out the translation of bona vacantia to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bona vacantia from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bona vacantia» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

无主财物
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bienes vacantes
570 millions of speakers

English

bona vacantia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वास्तविक स्वामिहीन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الشغور
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бесхозяйного имущества
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vacantia bona
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

খালি খালি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

déshérence
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bona vacantia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bona vacantia
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

善意vacantia
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

진실 vacantia
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bona vacantia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vacantia bona
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

போதை காலியாக உள்ளது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शून्य रिक्त
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Bona vacantia
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bona vacantia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bona vacantia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

безхазяйного майна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bona vacantia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αδέσποτα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bona vacantia
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

utan ägare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bona vacantia
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bona vacantia

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BONA VACANTIA»

The term «bona vacantia» is used very little and occupies the 153.941 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BONA VACANTIA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bona vacantia» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bona vacantia» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bona vacantia

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BONA VACANTIA»

Discover the use of bona vacantia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bona vacantia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Constitution of South Australia
7.2.14 Bona vacantia The Crown has the prerogative right to personal property or equitable interests in real property, situated within the jurisdiction where no other person can make good title to that property.107 A legal interest in real property ...
Bradley Selway, 1997
2
Equity and Trusts Law Directions
Where a resulting trust or contractual solution is clearly inappropriate, the donation may pass to the Crown as bona vacantia. Outside the Box Outside the Box William Black, Prince Fortunatus, 1905 William Black, Prince Fortunatus, 1905 Bona ...
Gary Watt, 2012
3
Australian Principles of Property Law
Today, the concept of escheat has been abolished and replaced by the notion of bona vacantia (Lang's Act 1863 (26 Vic c 20)).3 Bona vacantia means that property may pass on to the Crown as 'property without an owner' rather than reverting ...
Samantha Hepburn, 2013
4
Intestacy and family provision claims on death
This might also impact on others, such as cohabitants, unpaid carers and close friends of the deceased, who might be considered for a discretionary payment if the estate were bona vacantia; this possibility would no longer be available if the  ...
‎2011
5
Encyclopædia of the Laws of England: With Forms and ...
treasure trove (q.v.), waifs (q.v.), and estrays (q.v.) are bona vacantia (Black. Com ., vol. i. 298); and so also are the effects of a person who dies intestate without issue and without next-of-kin. In the case of a bastard, for instance, dying intestate ...
Alexander Wood Renton, Maxwell Anderson Robertson, Frederick Pollock, 1907
6
English Private Law
(d) Bona vacantia Another prerogative right of the Crown is to bona vacantia ( literally 'vacant goods').627 The common examples of bona vacantia are the estates of persons dying intestate without relatives entitled to succeed, and the rights of ...
Andrew Burrows, 2013
7
Principles of Property Law
Today, the concept of escheat has been abolished and replaced by the notion of bona vacantia (Lang's Act 1863 (26 Vic c 20)).3 Bona vacantia means that property may pass on to the Crown as 'property without an owner' rather than reverting ...
Samantha J. Hepburn, 2001
8
Family Law in England and Wales
BONA VACANTIA 502. The likelihood of an estate passing as bona vacantia has been increased by a number of factors. Legal reforms have restricted the range of relatives entitled to succeed upon intestacy. Smaller families mean that there ...
Rebecca Probert, 2011
9
Sealy & Milman. Volume 2: Annotated Guide to Insolvency ...
CHAPTER 2 PROPERTY OF DISSOLVED COMPANY Property vesting as bona vacantia 1012 Property of dissolved company to be bona vacantia 1012(1) [ Property and rights deemed bona vacantia] When a company is dissolved, all property ...
L. S. Sealy, David Milman, 2011
10
Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986; EC Regulation ...
CHAPTER 2 PROPERTY OF DISSOLVED COMPANY Property vesting as bona vacantia 1012 Property of dissolved company to be bona vacantia 1012(1) [ Property and rights deemed bona vacantia] When a company is dissolved, all property ...
L. S. Sealy, David Milman, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BONA VACANTIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bona vacantia is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Heir Hunters show sees fall in Treasury and Crown assets
Under medieval laws, all ownerless assets in England and Wales, which are known as 'bona vacantia', either pass to the Treasury on behalf of ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Acqui-Hires And Shutterings
Indeed, the law of bona vacantia still applies here in the UK, which states that the property, cash and any other assets owned by a company ... «Mondaq News Alerts, Jun 15»
3
Coventry's unclaimed estates: Could you be next in line to a fortune?
Unclaimed estates - where someone dies with no will or known next of kin - pass to the government's Bona Vacantia division. This department ... «Coventry Telegraph, Jun 15»
4
Unclaimed estates: Could you be next in line to a fortune?
Unclaimed estates are when someone dies with no will or known next of kin – their possession then pass to the government's Bona Vacantia ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jun 15»
5
tonight's cards
525 - Take Me Black, Sams Rumble, Lassa Examiner, Bona Vacantia, Matilda Rose, Kerry Legend. 525 - Saleen Missy, Boher Jo Jo, Listellick ... «Irish Independent, May 15»
6
The restoration game
... it on trust for another person) will, unless Her Majesty's Receiver-General directs otherwise, become bona vacantia belonging to the Crown. «Lexology, May 15»
7
Haldane School embroiled in property dispute
... becomes the owner of the property as per the AP Escheats and Bona Vacantia Act, 1974,” claims Chennur Tahsildar Hanmanth Rao. «The Hindu, Apr 15»
8
O'Kelly v Davies [2014] EWCA Civ 1606
... in the Crown as bona vacantia: see In Re West Sussex Constabulary's Widows, Children and Benevolent (1930) Fund Trusts [1971] Ch. 1.". «Family Law Week, Mar 15»
9
SHELBOURNE PARK (7.43)
525 - Mums Pearl, Millridge Lord, Parish Hero, Fermoyle Bale, Bona Vacantia, Homestead Falls. 525 - Looster Alex, Brackers Five, Ellastyle, ... «Irish Independent, Mar 15»
10
Search for Gorey family of Patrick Joseph Kavanagh
... the British Government, so if you or anyone you know are a relative of the deceased, you should contact the office of the Bona Vacantia UK. «Irish Independent, Mar 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Bona vacantia [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/bona-vacantia>. Apr 2024 ».
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