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[–] 53 points 9 months ago (7 children)

Inb4 this is some archaic law that says all booties washed ashore belong to the monarch or something

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  • [–] 20 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    There exist an archaic law like that, but it doesn't include all booties, only 'Royal Fish', and imho it would be a stretch to consider bananas as whales or sturgeons.

    This case would be under maritime law. Iirc the cargo still belongs to the shipping company if it fell, but would be a 'finders keepers' if they threw it overboard. But I'm not a lawyer (sea lawyer?), I think this is for recoveries at sea, when it's already on shore local laws might apply instead, idk...

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