Maritime Law goods cast overboard, as in a storm, with a buoy attached to identify the owner
Origin of lagan
from OFr, goods washed up by the sea from uncertain or unknown; perhaps base of Old Norse leggja, to lielagan
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lagan
also li·gan or lag·end
noun
Cargo or equipment thrown into the sea but attached to a float or buoy so that it can be recovered.
Origin of lagan
French from Old French possibly from Old Norse lögn lagn-; see legh- in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(uncountable)
- (law) Goods or materials found or left on the sea floor.
Origin
From Old French lagan, lagand, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.
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