Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In law, anything sunk in the sea, but tied to a support at the surface, as a cork or buoy, in order that it may be recovered. See
flotsam and jetsam.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Law) Goods sunk in the sea, with a buoy attached in order that they may be found again. See
jetsam andflotsam .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a buoy so that it can be recovered
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Examples
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Saat TAML larut dalam air, hydrogen peroksida mengaktifkan TAML dengan menggantikan ligan H2O dengan H2O2 pada gugus TAML.
Berkenalan dengan Katalis Pemakan Limbah – Netsains.Com 2007
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Tonight: the Frank Vascellaro, "Who-ligan" side of the argument.
Minneapolis/St. Paul Breaking News, Weather, Video, Traffic and Sports for Minnesota from WCCO-TV 2010
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Tonight: the Frank Vascellaro, "Who-ligan" side of the argument.
Minneapolis/St. Paul Breaking News, Weather, Video, Traffic and Sports for Minnesota from WCCO-TV 2010
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jetsam, or goods cast overboard and sunk under water; flotsam, or goods afloat on the surface; and ligan, or goods sunk, but tied to buoys, etc., to savethem
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It was not jetsam, because it never had been cast into the sea to save the ship; nor was it ligan, because the very definition of the word from the Latin ‘ligo,‘ to bind, indicates that it must be buoyed; but it was simply property lying at the bottom of the sea, which ‘awaits its owner.‘
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