Jetsam
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Goods cast out from a ship by way of jettison, and which sink, being thus distinguished from flotsam, jettisoned goods which float, and ligan, jettisoned goods, bound to some buoyant substance. 1 Bl. Coram. 292.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Same as Jettison.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A term descriptive of goods which, by the act of the owner, have been voluntarily cast overboard from a vessel, in a storm or other emergency, to lighten the ship. 1 C. B. 113. Jetsam is where goods are east into the sea, and there sink and remain under water. 1 Bl. Comm. 292. Jetsam differs from "flotsam," in this: that in the latter the goods float, while in the former they sink, and remain under water. It differs also from "ligan."
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
jotsom, jetsen, jetzon, jotson. the purpose of lightening a vessel under water, and do not come to