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flotsam
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Flotsam
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Flotsam, or Floatsam
Matched in: Term Flotsam, or Floatsam
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flotage
flotage : flotsam
jetsam
cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore compare flotsam
VerbarJetsam
Goods which sink when cast into the sea and remain under water distinguished from flotsam goods which float and ligan or lagan goods which are sunk attached to a buoy
Ligan
in the sea with a buoy attached in order that they may be found again See Jetsam and Flotsam
Algarum maris
maris, probably a corruption of Laganum maris, lagan being a right, in the Middle Ages, like jetsam and flotsam, by which goods thrown from a vessel in distress became the property of the king or the lord
Droits of admiralty
the seas has been relinquished in favour of the captors. Droits of Admiralty also included all unclaimed wreck, flotsam, jetsam, ligan and derelict, which are now dealt with by the (English) Receiver of Wreck for the District,
Jetsam, Jettison, or Jetson
shore, included in 'wreck' (see that title) by s. 510 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894. See also FLOTSAM and LIGAN.
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