Sekadi sane kawedarang olih Robert J. Miller, Jacinta Ruru, Larissa Behrendt, lan Tracey Lindberg, pikayunan sekadi puniki sayan ngalimbak "anggen ngukuhang kramane sane nenten Kristen miwah nenten Eropa taler tanah miwah hak-hak dane kaambil."
As stated by Robert J. Miller, Jacinta Ruru, Larissa Behrendt, and Tracey Lindberg, the doctrine developed over time "to justify the domination of non-Christian, non-European peoples and the confiscations of their lands and rights."