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Stat. Westm. prim. - Wreck Act 1275

As Enacted Cited in Amendments 2 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1275 c. 4
STATUTUM WEST' PRIMUM. The Statute of WESTMINSTER, the First, Made at Westminster 25 die Aprilis, Anno 3 Edwardi I.and Anno Dom. 1275 What shall be adjudged Wreck of the Sea, and what not.

(3 Edw. 1) C A P. IV.

'COncerning Wrecks of the Sea, it is agreed, that where a Man, a Dog, or a Cat escape quick out of the Ship, that such Ship nor Barge, nor any Thing within them, shall be adjudged Wreck: (2) but the Goods shall be saved and kept by View of the Sheriff, Coroner, or the King's Bailiff, *and delivered ✗into the Hands of such as are of the Town where the Goods were found; (3) so that if any sue for those Goods, and after prove that they were his, †or perished in his Keeping, within a Year and a Day, they shall be restored to him without Delay; and if not, they shall remain to the King, and be seised by the Sheriffs, Coroners, and Bailiffs, and shall be delivered to them of the Town, which shall answer

*Not in the Original .

✗ Read in .

† For that they were his, or perished, &c. read that they were his or his Lord's or perished, &c.

before the Justices of the Wreckbelonging to the King. (4) And where Wreck belongeth to another than to the King, he...

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