ligan

How to use ligan in a sentence

• Flotsam, jetsam and ligan belong to the sovereign in the absence only of the true owner.

  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 | Various

• ligan, lī′gan, n. goods sunk at sea, with a float attached for recovery.

  Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) | Various

• If they continue at sea, the law distinguishes them by the barbarous and uncouth appellations of jetsam, flotsam, and ligan.

  Commentaries on the Laws of England | William Blackstone