The Treasure Act 1996 does not apply in Scotland, where treasure trove is dealt with under the common law of Scotland. The general rule that governs "bona vacantia" ("vacant goods") – that is, objects that are lost, forgotten or abandoned – is "quod nullius est fit domini regis" ("that which belongs to nobody becomes our lord the king's queen's"), and the law of treasure trove is a specialized application of that rule. As in England, the Crown in Scotland has a prerogative right to treasure trove for it is one of the "regalia minora" ("minor things of the king"), that is, property rights which the Crown may exercise as it pleases and which it may alienate (transfer to another party).