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Claim asserting ownership on locating another's misplaced item (7,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

finders keepers

(Another definition for finders keepers that I've seen is " Justification for holding on to something discovered".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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