salvor
IPA: sæɫvˈɔr
noun
- One who salvages; especially, one who voluntarily assists in saving a distressed ship or its goods at sea.
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Examples of "salvor" in Sentences
- The company operates as the salvor-in-possession of the Titanic wreck.
- But salvor Nilda Vazquez claims the Panamanian Ministry of Economy and Finance has granted her exclusive rights to the wreck.
- However, since the book's publication, Vazquez has teamed up with an American salvor company and dived on the wreck with unknown results.
- RMST's status as exclusive salvor is valid so long as it remains "in possession," a condition that effectively compels it to mount salvage expeditions every year or two.
- But the primary goals of the salvage -- to maintain the project's salvor-in-possession status and recover "desirable objects" for display -- remain decidedly non-archaeological.
- Still, Mr. Marden did say that when a store goes out of business or has its inventory damaged, a third party-called a "salvor" - takes over and brings the merchandise to stores like Marden's.
- RMST requests a preliminary injunction, and, in an order dated June 23, the court declares that RMST, as salvor-in-possession, has the right to exclude others from visiting the site in order to photograph it.
- In 2001, Warren White, a salvor with a reputation for blowing up wrecks to find their hidden gold, announced that a wreck off the coast of Panama -- the oldest ever found in the Western Hemisphere -- was Vizcaina.
- The company that arranged for the cruise -- and provided funding and equipment for the expedition -- later sues RMST, claiming co-salvor status and seeking $8 million for breach of contract, fraud, and other damages.
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