an allowance made to those persons, other than the crew, by whom ships or goods have been saved from the sea, fire, pirates, or enemies. 1. In fixing the rate of salvage upon losses by perils at sea, regard is usually had, not only to the labour and peril incurred by the salvors, but also to the degree of relationship to the property saved, the anxiety manifested by them, the value of the ship and cargo, and the danger from which they were rescued. Sometimes a half, sometimes a tenth of the property saved has gone to the salvors. 2. During a time of war, when British war-ships re-capture British merchantmen from the enemy, they are allowed a salvage of one-eighth part of the re-captured ships and cargoes (stat. 43 Geo. III., c. 160), and one-sixth part of their value on ships re-captured by privateers. An act of her Majesty's government (16 and 17 Vict., c. 131) lays down several regulations regarding Salvandy the prosecution of such claims. (For further information regarding salvage, see the works of Abbot, and of Maude and Pollock, on the Law of Shipping; and McCulloch's Commercial Dictionary.)