Salvage
salvage (?; 48), n. (F. salvage,OF. salver to save, F. sauver, fr. L. salvare.
See Save.) 1. The act of saving a vessel,
goods, or life, from perils of the sea.
Salvage of life from a British ship, or a
foreign ship in British waters, ranks before salvage of
goods. Encyc. Brit.
2. (Maritime Law) (a)
The compensation allowed to persons who voluntarily assist in
saving a ship or her cargo from peril. (b)
That part of the property that survives the peril and is
saved. Kent. Abbot.
salvage , a. & n. Savage.(Obs.) Spenser.
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