These are made good to the party who has made the sacrifice or incurred the expense by a general average contribution, which is recoverable from the owners of the property saved in proportion to its value.
2.
Sometimes it is employed roughly and has no technical meaning; this indicates the distribution of a benefit ( " e . g . " salvage or damages under the Fatal Accidents Act 1846, ?2 ), or liability ( " e . g . " general average contributions, or tithe rent-charge ), or the incidence of a duty ( " e . g . " obligations as to the maintenance of highways ).