Flotsam
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
or FLOTSAN. 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." Bracton, lib.
2, c. 5; 5 Coke, 106; Comyn, Dig. "Wreck" (A); Bac. Abr. "Court of Admiralty" (B); 1 Bl. Comm. 292.