noun
- goods or wreckage lying on the sea bottom
Usage: maritime law; technical
Examples
- The salvage crew searched for ligan from the sunken merchant vessel.
- Maritime law distinguishes between flotsam, jetsam, and ligan.
- The ligan remained on the ocean floor for decades before discovery.
- Divers located valuable ligan near the coral reef.
- The court ruled on ownership rights to the recovered ligan.