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Wreck Commissioners

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

Persons appointed by the English lord chancellor under Merch. Shipp. Act 1876, § 29, to hold investigations at the request of the board of trade into losses,, abandonments, damages, and casualties of or to ships on or near the coast of the United Kingdom, whereby loss of life is caused.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

persons appointed by the English lord chancellor under the merchant shipping act, 1876, (section 29,) to hold investigations at the request of the board of trade into losses, abandonments, damages, and casualties of or to ships on or near the coast of the United Kingdom, whereby loss of life is caused. Sweet.

Defined under Wreck in Black's Law Dictionary.