Algarum Maris
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
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 on whose shores they were stranded. Spelman; Jacob; Du Cange.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Probably a corruption of Laganum maris, lagan being 4 right, in the middleages, like jetsam and flotsam, by which goods thrown from a vessel in distress became the property of the king, or the lord on whose shores they were strand. ed. Spelman; Jacob; Du Cange.