Wreck - Law Dictionary Search Results
Mercantile Marine Fund
survey and measurement of ships, money arising from unclaimed property of deceased seamen, fees received by receivers of wreck, light dues, etc., etc., and applicable to the payment of salaries of mercantile marine officers, etc., under the
Ligan
Ligan [fr. lier, Fr., to tie], a wreck consisting of goods sunk in the sea, but tied to a cork or buoy, in order that they
Lagan or ligan
Lagan or ligan [fr. liggan, Sax.], goods tied to a buoy and sunk in the sea; also a right which the chief lord of the fee had to take goods cast on shore by the violence...
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Inquiries
Inquiries. Under the Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Act, 1921 (11 Geo. 5, c. 7), upon resolution by both Houses of Parliament, His Majesty or a Secretary of State may appoint a tribunal with all the powers...
Jetsam, Jettison, or Jetson
Jetsam, Jettison, or Jetson [fr. jeter, Fr.], goods or other things which having been cast overboard is a storm, or after shipwreck, are thrown upon the shore, included in 'wreck' (see that title) by s. 510...
Ejectum
Ejectum, jet, jetsam, wreck, etc.
Constructive total loss
him. See (English) Marine Insurance Act,1906 (6 Edw. 7, c. 41), ss. 55-263. One test is that a wrecked ship has become a constructive total loss if the cost of repairing her would exceed her value when
Bona vacantia
without any apparent owner which belong to the first occupant or finder, unless they be whale or sturgeon, wreck, treasure trove, waifs or estrays (see those titles), which belong to the Crown by virtue of its prerogative.
Abandonment
The relinquishment by an assured person to the assurers of his right to what saved out of a wreck, when the thing insured has, by some of the usual perils of the sea, become practically valueless. Upon
Hoveler
One who assists in saving life and property from a wreck a coast boatman
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