Legal Term: DERELICTO

Definition: civil law. Goods voluntarily abandoned by their owner, he must, however, leave them, not only sine spe revertendi, but also sine animzo revertendi, his intention to abandon them may be inferred by the great length of time during which he may have been out of possession, without any attempt to regain them. 1 Bro. Civ. Law, 239, 2 Bro. Civ. Law, 51, Woods Civ. Law, 156, 19 Amer. Jur. 219, 221, 222 Danes Ab. Index, h. t., 1 Wares R. 4 1.

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