Flotsam

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.

FL0T8AN. 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 Co. 106; Comyns, Dig. Wreck, A; Bacon, Abr. Court of Admiralty, B; 1 Bla. Com. 292. See Jin^tison; Lioan.

floatsani, flotson. Floating on the water; goods lost by shipwreck.

FLOTSAN. <A name for the goods which foat upon the sea when cast overboard for the safety of the ship, or when aship is sunk. Distinguished from “jet sam” and “ligan.” Bract. lib, 2, ¢. 5; 5 Coke, 106; 1 Bl. Comm. 292.

Floatsam, Flotsm. [from Sax. fleolen, to float.] Floating on the water. Goods lost by shipwreck, and which lie floating on the top of the water. CowelL Blount. Termes de la ley, 5 Co, 106. 1 Bl. Com. 292. 1 Crabb's Real Prop. 508, § 657. This barbarous and uncouth appellation, as Blackstone terms it, is supposed by Spelman to be of German origin. It is exclusively applied to such goods as are cast out of a vessel by the violence of the winds or sea, as distinguished from such as are intentionally thrown overboard. See Jetsam.