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Terra nullius

Terra nullius (/ˈtɛrə ˈnʌliəs/, plural terrae nullius) is a Latin expression meaning "nobody's land". Since the nineteenth century, it has been used in international law to refer to the principle by which territories deemed not to belong to any recognised sovereign state could be acquired through occupation. In historical scholarship, the term is also…

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related to Palestine · 11
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related to Antarctica · 6
Terra nullius → Antarctic Treaty System, Antarctica, Antarctica's, Marie Byrd Land, Separately, There
related to Doctrine · 6
Terra nullius → Alexander Orakhelashvili, Arthur Watts, European, In, Irene Watson, Robert Jennings
related to Gornja Siga and other pockets · 5
Terra nullius → Croatia, Danube, Gornja Siga, However, Serbia
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scientific racisminstance ofand argues it was a result of political developments and the rise of new intellectual currents0.80text
legal positivism.The Berlin West Africa Conference of 1884-85 endorsed the principle that sovereignty over an unclaimed territory required effective occupationinstance ofand argues it was a result of political developments and the rise of new intellectual currents0.80text
and that where native populations had established effective occupation their sovereignty could not be unilaterally overturned by a colonising state.The term terra nullius was used in 1885 in relation to the dispute between Spaininstance ofand argues it was a result of political developments and the rise of new intellectual currents0.80text
the United States over Contoy Islandinstance ofand argues it was a result of political developments and the rise of new intellectual currents0.80text
Terra nulliusrelated to AntarcticaAntarctica0.60section
Terra nulliusrelated to AntarcticaAntarctic Treaty System0.60section
Terra nulliusrelated to AntarcticaThere0.60section
Terra nulliusrelated to AntarcticaAntarctica's0.60section
Terra nulliusrelated to AntarcticaSeparately0.60section
Terra nulliusrelated to AntarcticaMarie Byrd Land0.60section
Terra nulliusrelated to DoctrineIn0.60section
Terra nulliusrelated to DoctrineRobert Jennings0.60section

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