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lagan Law.|ˈlægən|
Also 6 lagen, 7, 8 lagon, ligan, 9 lagend.
[a. OF. lagan, laguen, lagand (whence med.L. laganum); perh. of Scandinavian origin, from the root of lie, lay vbs. Cf. ON. lǫgn, pl. lagnir, ‘a net laid in the sea’ (Vigf.). The spelling ligan seems to be due to pseudo-etymology.]
Goods or wreckage lying on the bed of the sea. Cf. flotsam and jetsam.
[1200Carta de Dunewic in Stubbs Sel. Charters (1895) 311 De ewagio de wrec et lagan.] 1531Charterparty in R. G. Marsden Sel. Pl. Crt. Adm. (1894) 37 Yff the sayd shype take any pryse purchase any flotson or lagen. 1533Ibid., Flotezon or lagason. 1591Articles conc. Admiralty 21 July §6 Any ship, yron, leade, or other goods floating or lying under the water or in the depth, of which there is no possessor or owner, which commonly are called Flotzon, Jetson, and Lagan. 1605Coke Rep. v. (1624) 106 b Lagan (vel potius ligan) est quand [etc.; translated in quot. 1641]. 1622Callis Stat. Sewers (1647) 18 [citing Coke] Flotsan, Jetsan and Lagan are goods on or in the Sea, and..they belong to the King. 1641Termes de la Ley 193 Lagan is such a parcell of goods as the Mariners in a danger of shipwracke cast out..and fasten to them a boigh or corke, that so they may finde them... These goods are called Lagan or Ligan à ligando. 1707J. Chamberlayne St. Gt. Brit. i. ii. x. 143 To the Lord High Admiral belongs..a Share of all lawful Prizes, Lagon..that is, goods lying in the Sea, on Ground. 1865Kingsley Herew. I. vi. 171 Prowling about the shore after the waifs of the storm, deserted jetsom and lagend. 1894Act 57–8 Vict. c. 60 §510 In this Part of this Act..‘wreck’ includes jetsam, flotsam, lagan, and derelict found in or on the shores of the sea or any tidal water. 1906Westm. Gaz. 13 June 4/2 These are, says Mr. Clifford, the ‘ligan’ of history. 1909Daily Chron. 20 Mar. 5/5 The custody of flotsam, jetsam, and ligan. 1952Brewer's Dict. Phr. & Fable 534/2 Lagan, or Ligan, goods thrown overboard, but marked by a buoy in order to be found again.
Hence † ˈlagander, an officer (at Calais) who takes charge of lagan or wreckage.
1526in Dillon Customs of Pale (1892) 86 If ther be anie manner of Wracke found by the sea coste, it muste be presented to the Lagander or to the Sergeante..broughte to the foresaide Lagander's hous. |