filius nullius

filius nullius (fil-ee-[schwa]s n[schwa]-lI-[schwa]s). [Latin “son of nobody”] Hist. An illegitimate child.

— Also termed filius populi.

“I proceed next to the rights and incapacities which appertain to a bastard. The rights are very few, being only such as he can acquire; for he can inherit nothing, being looked upon as the son of nobody; and sometimes called filius nullius, sometimes filius populi.” 1 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England 447 (1765).

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