SALVAGE1 CHARGES. The expenses incurred2 to remunerate services rendered to a ship and cargo3, which have prevented its being a total loss. Stev. on Av. c. 2, s. 1.
SALVAGE LOSS. By salvage loss is understood the difference between the amount of salvage, after deducting4 the charges, and the original value of the property. Stev. on Av. c. 2, s. 1.
SALVORS, mar5. law. When a ship and cargo, or any part thereof, are saved at sea by the exertions6 of any person from impending7 perils8, or are recovered after an actual abandonment or loss, such persons are denominated salvors; they are entitled to a compensation for their services, which is called salvage. (q. v.)
2. As soon as they take possession of property for the purpose of preserving it, as if they find a ship derelict at sea, or if they recapture it, or if they go on board a ship in distress9, and take possession with the assent10 of the master or other person in possession, they are deemed boua fide possessors, and their possession cannot be lawfully11 displaced. 1 Dodson's Rep. 414. They have a lien12 on the property for their salvage, which the, laws of all maritime13 countries will respect and enforce. Salvors are responsible not only for good faith, but for reasonable diligence in their custody14 of the salvage property. Story, Bail15. §623.
SAMPLE, contracts. A small quantity of any commodity or merchandise, exhibited as a specimen16 of a larger quantity called the bulk. (q. v.)
2. When a sale is made by sample, and it afterwards turns out that the bulk does not correspond with it, the purchaser is not, in general, bound to take the property on a compensation being made to him for the difference. 1 Campb. R. 113; vide 2 East, 314; 4, Campb. R. 22; 12 Wend. 566 9 Wend. 20; 6 Cowen, 354; 12 Wend. 413. See 5 John. R. 395.
SANCTION. That part of a law which inflicts17 a penalty for its violation19, or bestows20 a reward for its observance. Sanctions are of two kinds, those which redress21 civil injuries, called civil sanctions; and those which punish crimes, called penal18 sanctions. 1 Hoffm. Leg. Outl. 279; Just. Ins. lib. 2, t. 1, §10; Ruthf. Inst. b. 2, c. 6, s. 6; Toull. tit. prel. 86; Ferguss. Inst. of Mor. Phil. p. 4, c. 3, s. 13, and p. 6, c. 1, et seq; 1 Bl. Com. 56.