receiver of wreck
(also receiver of wrecks)
noun
(In the United Kingdom and some Commonwealth countries) a port official to whom all objects recovered from the sea or from sunken ships must be delivered for adjudication of ownership.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Acts of Parliament.
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