derelicto

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derelicto - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  DERELICTO, 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; Wood's 
  Civ. Law, 156; 19 Amer. Jur. 219, 221, 222 Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.; 1 Ware's 
  R. 4 1.