Plunderage
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In maritime law
The embezzlement of goods on board of a ship is known by the name of "plunderage." The rule of the maritime law in such because there must be some negligence in finding out the depredator.
Abb. Shipp, 457; 3 Johns. (N. Y.) 17; 1 Pet. Adm. (U. S.) 200, 239, 243; 4 Bos. & P. 347.