Definition of Ownerless

1. Adjective. Having no owner.

Exact synonyms: Unowned
Antonyms: Owned

Definition of Ownerless

1. a. Without an owner.

Definition of Ownerless

1. Adjective. having no owner ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ownerless

own goals
own right
own up
ownability
ownable
ownage
owndom
owndoms
owne
owned
owner
owner-driver
owner-occupied
owner-occupier
owner-operator
ownerless (current term)
ownerlessness
owners
ownership
ownership equity
ownerships
ownest
owneth
owning
ownness
owns
ownself
oword
owre
owrecome

Literary usage of Ownerless

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1886)
"... evidence that led to the belief that the islands were ownerless territory, upon the repeated request of German subjects trading in the Caroline Islands, ..."

2. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"ownerless things.—Again, there are other things, in which a permanent property may subsist, not only as to the temporary use, but also the solid substance; ..."

3. The German Civil Code by Germany (1907)
"A person who takes proprietary possession of an ownerless moveable ... A moveable becomes ownerless if the owner gives up its possession with the intention ..."

4. The German Civil Code by Germany. (1907)
"A person who takes proprietary possession of an ownerless moveable (s) ... A moveable becomes ownerless if the owner gives up its possession with the ..."

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