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The English term treasure trove was derived from tresor trové, the Anglo-French [1] equivalent of the Latin legal term thesaurus inventus. In 15th-century English the Anglo-French term was translated as "treasure found", but from the 16th century it began appearing in its modern form with the French word trové anglicized as trovey , trouve or ...
Treasure troves of the United States, amounts of money or coin, gold, silver, plate, or bullion found hidden underground or in places such as cellars or attics, where the treasure seems old enough for it to be presumed that the true owner is dead and the heirs undiscoverable. An archaeological find of treasure trove is known as a hoard.
Treasure, codename of Nathalie Sergueiew (1912–1950), female double agent who worked for MI5 during World War II; MV Treasure, several ships by the name Treasure, a ship that spilled oil near Cape Town, South Africa, in 2000; Treasure trove, in law, any discovered accumulation of valuables that can be presumed unowned or unclaimed
Treasure that has been found at sea is not dealt with by the law of treasure trove, but by the law of salvage which is a branch of admiralty law.Articles relating to this topic should therefore be placed in "Category:Treasure from shipwrecks".
The hutia, a rodent similar to the capybara but smaller, was another common food source. Like the tortoise, it disappeared from Abaco. Even animals that humans may not have eaten were affected by ...
A treasure map is a variation of a map to mark the location of buried treasure, a lost mine, a valuable secret or a hidden location. One of the earliest known instances of a document listing buried treasure is the copper scroll, which was recovered among the Dead Sea Scrolls near Qumran in 1952. More common in fiction than in reality, "pirate ...
The treasure trove was unearthed near the former site of the Litzmannstadt Ghetto where Nazis imprisoned Jewish people during the Holocaust, the Associated Press and Jewish Telegraphic Agency ...
A Treasure trove is a hidden store of valuables. It may also refer to: Treasure Trove, a solitare card game; A Treasure's Trove, a children's book; Shovel Knight, a collection of video games entitled Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove