Terra nullius (/ˈtɛrə ˈnʌlɪəs/,[1] plural terrae nullius) is a Latin expression meaning "nobody's land".[2] Since the nineteenth century it has occasionally been used in international law as a principle to justify claims that territory may be acquired by a state's occupation of it.[a][4] There are currently three territories sometimes claimed to be terra nullius: Bir Tawil (a strip of land between Egypt and the Sudan), four pockets of land near the Danube due to the Croatia–Serbia border dispute, and parts of Antarctica, principally Marie Byrd Land.
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Klotz, Frank G. (June 1998). America on the Ice: Antarctic policy issues. DIANE Publishing. p. 3. ISBN 0-7881-7048-1 – via Google Books.
Antarctica was what international lawyers refers to as terra nullius – literally, "nobody's land".
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Brownlie, I. (1990). Principles of Public International Law (4th ed.). p. 146.
• Hall, W.E. (1923). A Treatise on International Law. pp. 102–103.
• Hyde, C. (1945). International Law (revised 2nd ed.). p. 329.
• Moore, J. (1906). International Law. p. 258.
• Oppenheim, L. (1937). International Law (5th ed.). H. Lauterpacht. §§222-223, pp. 439–441.
• Phillimore, R. (1871). International Law (2nd ed.). p. 273.
• Vattel, E. (1844). Law of Nations (6th Am. ed.). J. Chitty. §208, p. 99.
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