Drift
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In old Enghsh law. A driving, especially of cattle.
DRIF?T-STUFF.
This term signifies, not goods which are the subject of salvage, but matters floating at random, without any known or discoverable ownership, which, if cast ashore, will probably never be reclaimed, but will, as a matter of course, acerue to the riparian proprietor.
13 R. L 641.