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LAGAN(law)
LIGAN or LAGAN(law)

lagan (iou)



lagan noun. . M16.
[Old French (whence medieval Latin laganum) perh. from Old Norse lagn-, as in lagn, genit. lagnar drag-net, from Germanic base of LAY verb1.]
Law. Goods or wreckage lying on the bed of the sea. Cf. FLOTSAM, JETSAM.
lagander noun (long obsolete exc. Hist.) an official who took charge of lagan or wreckage E16.