(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:35:29

Jet"ti*son (?). n. [See Jetsam.]

1. Mar.Law

The throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of wreck.

2.

See Jetsam, 1.

 

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