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| ter·ra nul·li·us [ tèrrə nə l əss, tèrrə nllee əss ] |
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concept of unowned land: in Australia, the idea and legal concept that when the first Europeans arrived in Australia the land was owned by no one and therefore open to settlement. It has been judged not to be legally valid.
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