Derelict

[Lat. derelictus, derelicturn.] Left, forsaken; as land left dry by the retiring of the sea.

1 Crah Vs Real Prop. 109. Dyer, 326 b.

Abandoned, cast or thrown away; as goods wilfully cast away by the owner on land, or thrown overboard at sea.

Inst. 2. 1. 46.

Bract, fol.

8. 2 Reeves* Hist. 9. 2 Bl. Com. 9.

Pro derelict© habetur quod dominus ea mente abfecerit, ut id in num^ro rerum suarum esse nolit; ideoque statim dominus efus esse desinit. That is regarded as, or held for derelict, which the owner has cast away with the intention of never again considering as his property; and therefore he immediately ceases to be its owner. Inst. ub. sup. See Derelictum. Deserted or abandoned, as a vessel voluntarily deserted at sea.

2 Kent's Com. 357. 3 Id. 245.

Property is derelict, in the maritime sense of the word, when it is abandoned without hope of recovery, or without an intention of returning.

1 Gallison's R. 133. 1 Mason's R, 373, 374. 1 Sumner's R. 207, 336, 400. Ware's R. 43. 2 Kent's Com. 357, note. 3 Id. 246, note.