Wreck in Europe
Definition of Wreck
If a ship was lost at sea, and the cargo or a portion of it came to land, the goods saved belonged to the Crown. This privilege was frequently granted to lords of manors. The owners of shipwrecked goods were allowed to reclaim them within a year and a day, if they could identify them. At the present day, ” wreck ” includes jetsam, flotsam (q.v.), ligan and derelict. It is the duty of receivers of wreck to preserve wreck until it is claimed by the owner, or, if he does not claim it within a year, then to sell it and pay the proceeds into the Exchequer
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Definition of Wreck is, temporally, from A Concise Law Dictionary (1927). This page needs to be proofread.
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