FILIUS NULLIUS

FILIUS NULLIUS filius nullius (fil-ee-[schwa]s n[schwa]-lI-[schwa]s). [Latin ¡°son of nobody¡±] Hist. An illegitimate child. ¡ª 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 […]