wreck

wreck
Verb: To tear down. To drive a vehicle or handle an object in such manner as to destroy or damage it greatly. To disorganize or cause serious injury to anything. Mochel v Iowa State Traveling Men's Asso. 203 Iowa 623, 213 NW 259, 51 ALR 1327. Noun: A ship which, in consequence of injuries received, is rendered unnavigable, or unable to pursue her voyage, without repairs exceeding the half of her value. 48 Am J1st Ship § 647 - Such goods as after a shipwreck are cast upon land by the sea, and left there. 48 Am J1st Ship § 647. A person in very poor physical condition. A dowdy woman. Under the Federal income tax law, allowing deduction for loss caused by shipwreck, in computing net income, the word does not mean complete loss; damage to the ship suffices. Nor need such damage be caused by storm or natural causes. A wreck through collision is within the act, whether due to the negligence of the other vessel or of employees of the wrecked ship. See Shearer v Anderson (CA2 NY) 16 F2d 995, 51 ALR 534. For definition of term "wrecking," as it appears in a provision of an accident insurance policy relative to accidents in connection with automobiles or other motor vehicles, see Anno: 138 ALR 414. See train wreck.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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