Meaning & use
ligan
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Goods or wreckage cast into the sea but attached to a buoy so that they can be recovered later, as distinguished in maritime law from flotsam and jetsam.
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Under old maritime law, ligan belonged to the original owner if it was properly marked and recovered.
The salvage crew searched for the ligan marked by a weathered cork float.
A note on using this word
Ligan is a variant spelling of 'lagan,' one of three classic maritime-law terms alongside flotsam (floating wreckage) and jetsam (deliberately jettisoned goods).
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