- wreck of the sea
- Such goods as after a shipwreck are cast upon land by the sea and left there. 1 Am J2d Aband § 24; 48 Am J1st Ship § 647.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
wreck of the sea
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