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; […]