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Flotsam, Flotsan

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

a name for the goods which float upon the sea when cast overboard for the safety of the ship or when a ship is sunk. Distinguished from "jetsam" and "ligan." Bract, lib.

2, c. 5; B Coke, 106; 1 Bl. Comm. 292.