Ligan

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881), Abbott (1879)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

or LAGAN. Goods cast into the sea tied to a buoy, so that they may be found again by the owners, are so denominated. When goods are cast into the sea in storms or shipwrecks, and remain there, without coming to land, they are distinguished by the barbarous names of jetsam, flotsam, and ligan. 5 Coke, 108; Harg. St. Tr. 48; 1 Bl. Comm. 292. LIGA RE (Lat.) To tie, or bind. Bracton, fol. 369b. To enter into a league or treaty (inire foedus), Spelman. LIGEA (Law Lat.)

In old English law. A liege woman; a female subject. Reg. Orig. 312b.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Goods cast overboard to lighten ship at sea and which sink and are left with a buoy to mark their location. See 1 Add. (Pa.) 58.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

LAGAN. Goods cast into the sea tied to a buoy, so that they may be found again by the owners. When goods are cast into the sea in storms or shipwrecks, and remain there, without coming to land, they are distinguished by the names of jetsam, flotsam, and ligan. 5 Co. 108; Hargr. St Tr. <i8; 1 Bla. Com. 292. See Murphy v. Dunham, 38 Fed. 509. ^

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

In old English law. Goods sunk in the sea, but tied to a cork or buoy, in order to be found again.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

v. Flotsam.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

Goods left adrift at sea, but attached to something in the nature of a buoy, in hope of preserving them to their owner. See Lagan.