Definition and Citations:
Lat. In the civil law. The name of an Involuntary deposit, made under pressing necessity; as, for instance, shipwreck, fire, or other inevi- table calamity. Poth. Proc. Civile, pt. 5, c. 1, J 1; Code La. 2935.
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Lat. In the civil law. The name of an Involuntary deposit, made under pressing necessity; as, for instance, shipwreck, fire, or other inevi- table calamity. Poth. Proc. Civile, pt. 5, c. 1, J 1; Code La. 2935.