noun
- goods or wreckage lying on the bed of the sea, sometimes with a buoy attached to mark the location.
Usage: maritime law; also spelled ligan
Examples
- The salvage crew located ligans from the shipwreck using underwater sonar.
- Maritime law distinguishes between ligans and jetsam based on whether items are marked.
- Divers recovered valuable ligans from the ocean floor near the shipping lane.
- The buoy indicated the presence of ligans that could be claimed by the original owner.