Not really archaic - if this was valuable stuff washing up on shore, the law would still be relevant.
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raman_klogius@ani.social 3 weeks ago
Inb4 this is some archaic law that says all booties washed ashore belong to the monarch or something
ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Man…I had no idea the monarchy was so into lathered up clean butts!
Gladaed@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
They still belong to the owner is the issue at hand, I believe. I.e. taking them would be theft.
The issue is that the owner is easily known.
OfCourseNot@fedia.io 3 weeks ago
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...
NickeeCoco@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
OBJECTION! Bananas are the most regal of fish.
cliffracer_cloaka@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
exist*s**
OfCourseNot@fedia.io 3 weeks ago
Yup, that's I meant. Thanks!