¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Derelicts
1. derelict [n] - See also: derelict
Lexicographical Neighbors of Derelicts
Literary usage of Derelicts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Tide of Immigration by Frank Julian Warne (1916)
"CHAPTER IX Derelicts OF THE TIDE NOT all aliens borne to our shores on the flow
of the immigration tide gain access to the country. ..."
2. The Law of the Sea: A Manual of the Principles of Admiralty Law for Students by George Lewis Canfield, George Walton Dalzell, Jasper Yeates Brinton (1921)
"Salvage of derelicts is always liberally rewarded, sometimes to the amount of
the whole recovery. If destroyed, the proceeding must be in entire good faith ..."
3. A Manual on the Rule of the Road at Sea and Precautionary Aids to Mariners by Daniel Harvey Hayne (1912)
"Derelicts, ETC. All derelicts and dangerous floating wreckage should be reported
to the Revenue Cutter Service, Washington, DC, or to the local address of ..."
4. Principles of the Law of Personal Property, Chattels and Choses: Including by Frank Hall Childs (1914)
"Property Lost—Strayed—Mislaid—Concealed —Unclaimed — Wrecks — Derelicts—Definitions.
Lo st property, in the legal sense, is such as has passed from the ..."
5. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1893)
"... great exertion have been displayed,3 or a considerable danger incurred by the
salvors.4 If the service rendered to derelicts be of extraordinary merit, ..."
6. Reports of the Cases Relating to Maritime Law: Decided by the Court of by John Crockford, Great Britain High Court of Admiralty (1868)
"... awards as to derelicts^ Fortner practice "f the court to allow one-Aalf of
tht value of the ... derelicts."
7. Jefferson and His Colleagues: A Chronicle of the Virginia Dynasty by Allen Johnson (1921)
"... CHAPTER SPANISH Derelicts IN THE NEW WORLD IT fell to the last, and perhaps
least talented, President of the Virginia Dynasty to consummate the work of ..."
Other Resources:
