Abortion
When the ownership of the property has not been determined. Examples include title to real property in the estate of a person who has died and there is no obvious party to receive a title or there appears to be no legal ownership of the property, a shipwreck while it is being determined who has the right to salvage the ship and its cargo, or a bankrupt person’s property before the bankruptcy court has decided what property is available to creditors or alleged heirs. Legal jargon for “undetermined.”
