Naufrage
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
French mar. law. When by the violent agitation of the waves, the impetuosity of the winds, the storm, or the lightning, a vessel is swallowed up or so shattered that there remain only the pieces, the accident is called naufrage. It differs from echouement, which is when the vessel remains whole, but is grounded; or from bris, which is when it strikes against a rock or a coast; or from sombrer, which is the sinking of the vessel in the sea, where it is swallowed up, and which may be caused by any accident whatever. Pardes. n.
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