 | Thomas Potts - Law - 1815 - 836 pages
...sunk or cast away, and the goods float on the sea ; jetsam, is when a. .»hip is in danger of bcinp sunk, and to lighten the ship the goods are cast into the sea, and the ship notwithstanding perisheth ; and lagan is, when the goods so cast into the sea, are so heavy that they sink to the bottom,... | |
 | James Morrison (accountant.) - 1825 - 288 pages
...customs (called Jerguer) after she is unloaded, to see if there are no unentered goods concealed. JETSAM is when a ship is in danger of being sunk, and, to lighten her, the goods are thrown into the sea, and the ship notwithstanding perishes. JOURNAL, a book in which... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1831 - 642 pages
...LAGAN, in law. Flotsam is when a ship is sunk or east away, und the goods float on the sea ; jetsam is when a ship is in danger of being sunk, and, to lighten the ship, the goods are thrown overboard, and the ship, notwithstanding, perishes ; and lagan is when the goods so cast into... | |
 | Francis Lieber - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1831 - 646 pages
...LAGAN, in law. Flotsam is when a ship is sunk or cast away, and the goods float on the sea ; jetsam is when a ship is in danger of being sunk, and, to lighten the ship, the goods are thrown overboard, and the ship, notwithstanding, perishes ; and lagan is when the goods so cast into... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1831 - 650 pages
...LAGAN, in law. Flotsam is when a ship is sunk or cast away, and the goods float on the sea ; jctsam'is when a ship is in danger of being sunk, and, to lighten the ship, the goods are thrown overboard, und the ship, notwithstanding, perishes ; and lagan is when the goods so east into... | |
 | 1844 - 636 pages
...Flotsam is when a ship is sunk or cast away, and the goods float on the sea ; jtttam is when a ship is iu danger of being sunk, and, to lighten the ship, the goods are thrown overboard, and the ship, notwithstanding, perishes ; and lagan is when the goods so cast into... | |
 | Dictionary - Commerce - 1844 - 412 pages
...LAGAN. In law ßotsam is when a ship is sunk or cast away, and the goods float on the sea ; jetsam is when a ship is in danger of being sunk, and to lighten the ship the goods are thrown overboard, and the ship notwithstanding perishes ; and lagan is when the goods so cast into... | |
 | Popular encyclopedia - 1846 - 886 pages
...LAGAN, in law. Flotiam is when a ship is sunk or cast away, and Hie goods float on the sea ; jetsam is when a ship is in danger of being sunk, and, to lighten the ship, the goods are thrown overboard, and the ship, notwithstanding, perishes ; and lagan is when the goods MI cast into... | |
 | Horace Mann - 1855 - 272 pages
...Customs (called Jerquer) after she is unloaded, to see if there are no unentered goods concealed. JETSAM, is when a ship is in danger of being sunk ; and, to lighten her, the goods are thrown into the sea, and the ship notwithstanding perishes. JOURNAL, a Book in which... | |
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flotsam is when a ship is sunk, or otherwise perished, and the goods float on the sea; jetsam is when the ship is in danger of being sunk, and to lighten the ship the goods are cast into the sea, and afterwards notwithstanding the ship perish. Lagan... 
