Category:Salvage

Sal"vage (48), n. Etym: [f. salvage, of. salver to save, f. sauver, Fr. L. salvare. See save.]

1. The act of saving a vessel, goods, or life, goods, or life, from Perils of the sea. Salvage of life from a british ship, or a foreign ship in british Waters, ranks before salvage of goods. Encyc. Brit.

2. (maritime law) (a) the compensation allowed to persons who voluntarily assist in Saving a ship or her cargo from peril. (b) that part of the property that survives the peril and is saved. Kent. Abbot.

Salvage Sal"vage, a. & n.

Defn: savage. [obs.] Spenser.