cast away
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 4 U.S. 412 - The United States v. Richard Johns · 1806Most cited · 34 citing opinions
Casting away is a species of destroying, as burning is. Both mean such an act, as causes a vessel to perish, or be lost, so as to be irrecoverable by ordinary means.
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