Ligan

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ligan \Li"gan\ (l[imac]"gan), n. [Cf. L. ligare to bind, to tie,
     ligamen band, bandage, E. ligament, or ligsam.] (Law)
     Goods sunk in the sea, with a buoy attached in order that
     they may be found again. See {Jetsam} and {Flotsam}. [Written
     also {lagan}.] --Blackstone.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ligan
       n : goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a
           buoy so that it can be recovered [syn: {lagan}, {lagend}]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  LIGAN 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, (q.v.) flotsam, (q.v.) 
  and ligan. 5 Rep. 108; Harg. Tr. 48; 1 Bl. Com. 292.