Encyclopedialiganligan (lī'gun) [key]: see flotsam, jetsam, and ligan. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on ligan from Fact Monster:
- flotsam, jetsam, and ligan - flotsam, jetsam, and ligan flotsam, jetsam, and ligan [O.Fr.], in maritime law, goods lost at sea ...
- Ligan - Ligan Goods thrown overboard, but tied to a cork or buoy in order to be found again. (Latin ligare, ...
- jettison - jettison jettison [O.Fr.,=throwing], in maritime law, casting all or part of a ship's cargo ...
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- Jetsam - Jetsam or Jetson. Goods cast into the sea to lighten a ship. (French, jeter, to cast out.) (See ...
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